The Power of the Papacy: Innocent III

1. Centralization of the Church

2. Establishment of Papal States (The Pope as Prince)

3. Political Policies:  Empire and Kingdoms

        A. Pope chooses emperor  (Venerabilem)

        B. Pope regulates royal marriages

        C. Pope judges in disputes between kings  (Novit)

        C. Pope quashes Magna Carta (Etsi Karissimus)

        D. Pope accepts kings as vassals (Sicily, England,

                     Hungary)

4. Fourth Crusade

5. Crusade against heretics (Albigensian)

6. Inquisition

7. Reform of the Church  (Fourth Lateran Council)