CHAPTER XXII

INNOCENT III. AND THE CHURCH AT ITS HEIGHT 544

OUTLINE: I.--Antecedent preparation for this period. II.--Career of Innocent III. up to 1198. III.--Innocent III.'s plans and ideals as Pope. IV.--Condition of Europe at the close of the twelfth century. V.--Innocent III. makes himself the political head of Europe. VI.--Innocent III.'s efforts to root out heresy and reform the Church. VII.--Innocent III.'s character and the general results of his pontificate. VIII.--Sources.

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