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King John and the Church
For much of his reign, John was engaged in
a prolonged dispute with pope Innocent III,
England’s spiritual overlord.
This conflict began in the struggle to elect a new
Archbishop of Canterbury. The pope’s nominee,
Cardinal Stephen Langton, was elected by the
monks and was consecrated by the pope in 1207.
However, John refused to admit Langton to England
and drove out the monks of Canterbury.
In response, the pope placed an Interdict on England
in March 1208: mass could not be celebrated,
the sacrament of marriage could not be received,
and burials in consecrated ground were not allowed.
John retaliated by seizing the lands and vast revenues
of the church, but in November 1209 the pope
excommunicated him.
King John receives chalice from priest
By 1212, John had little choice but to make peace
with the pope on terms which amounted to a virtual
surrender. He resigned his kingdoms to the pope and
received them back for an annual payment to Rome.
In 1213, he agreed to accept Stephen Langton as
Archbishop of Canterbury and to recompense the
Church for his plundering of its revenues. Langton was
at last able to return to England, after six years on the
Continent, and in July 1213 he absolved John from
excommunication at Winchester.
Papal Bull of Innocent III accept
Johns resignation of Kingdoms ing
But the usefulness to John of his new relationship with
the pope was demonstrated most dramatically in the
events which followed the granting of Magna Carta.
John promised not to have the Magna Carta revoked
but he knew that the pope (as England’s new feudal
overlord) would issue another papal bull to annul the
Magna Carta after only ten weeks.
Pope Innocent III
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