Western Civilization I / Unit 11 WC1 1025 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council, 1215
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The idea
Innocent III, twelve ninety-eight to twelve sixteen, made kings his vassals, launched the Fourth Crusade and the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars, and called the Fourth Lateran Council in twelve fifteen, which defined transubstantiation, required yearly confession, and marked Jews by dress.
In practice
The papacy's high-water mark.
Where people slip
This entry rests on the witness texts. The anchor omits Innocent.
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