Innocent III
Subtitle: Vicar of Christ or Lord of the World?
Edition: 2 Exp Sub edition
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: April 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780813207834
Subjects: Biography: general; European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; World history: c 500 to C 1500; Religious; III,; Medieval Church (476-1517); Biography & Autobiography; History - General History; Pope,; Biography/Autobiography; Europe; Innocent; General; To 1309; 1160 or 61-1216; History; Papacy
First sentence: THE JUDGMENTS of historians and writers, ancient and modern, who knew how to evaluate {Innocent} honestly on the basis of his accomplishments, the problems he solved, and his position as the central animator of his age, agree entirety in saying that for many centuries before and after {him} no one more learned, more pure in his way of life, more rich in merit to the Church, and illustrious for great works sat on the throne of Peter.