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Angevin Kings & Royal Authority 1154-1216
KING JOHN
church relations
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when did Hubert
Walter
die?
1205
Who does
John
want to be Bishop?
John De Gray
Who does the
Bishops of Canterbury
want to
Bishop
?
Reginald
Who does
Pope Innocent III
recommend to be Arch-Bishop?
Stephen Langton
Why was England placed under
interdict
?
John
threatened the
Pope
by refusing to allow
papal legates
to go to
Rome
John exiles
the
Bishops
of
Canterbury
John
seizes the
vacant see
when was England placed under interdict?
1208
Pros of England under interdict:
immediately seized church property
allows
clergy
to
buy back property for
extortionate prices
took
priests wives
&
children hostage
to
ransom
once
excommunicated-
church land become
vacant-
falls into
royal hands
John
was making
20,000 marks
a year from
interdict
3
times
more
than
Saladin tithe
John initially used a tillage of
66,000 marks
from the
Jews
Cons of England under interdict:
November 1209- John excommunicated
by
Pope Innocent III
Throughout England's time under interdict,
John alienates
most of his
followers
England
after
interdict
:
interdict
lifted-
Pope
now
John's
overlord
John
now under
Papal protection
£8000
ordered to pay to the
Church
Pope
begins to
intervene
in the
Church
Stephen Langton
was made
Archbishop
in
1214