HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Philip Ii Of France, Extreme Measures, Stephen Langton
18 Nov 2020
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Relations between those two kingdoms hardly improved in the aftermath of the third. While richard languished in his viennese prison cell and john ineptly took over his government, philip, a much keener strategist than either of them, was hard at work plotting to drive the plantagenets from france. Since the dispute was between a feudal lord and his vassal, innocent had no direct right to intervene. so he invented one. Whenever there is a threat of war, he argued, there is a threat of sin being committed, and for this reason the pope is obliged to take action. Innocent wrote scores of letters to each sovereign, trying to micro-manage the anglo-french conflict. John proved malleable, even more so after richard died in 1199 and john took over the government in his own right. As philip reconquered territory after territory from the english in the end he regained all the continental territories except for part of gascony.
