Innocent III Chapter Summary
Jane, S. E. (1994). Innocent III: Leader of Europe. New York: Longman Publishing.
Summary
Jane Sayers takes a large portion of her writing to paint a picture of what was going on with the world of the Holy Roman Empire up to Pope Innocent. She explains the papacy at the time and how it interacted with the modern world. Sayers goes into depth as to how he made all of his power grabs with kings, the fourth crusade, and his convening of the fourth Lateran Council. The majority of the book is a gross amount of details. The beginning of the chapter on Innocent’s life describes his family and how they got to be in the position they did. Pope Innocent’s birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni in 1160. …show more content…
She does not seem to make an effort to show there is another side to that argument. There is the question if there is another pope who could possibly have been a better pope for another reason than being the pope to gain all of that papal authority. Another obvious bias is in her research, just as with mine, she had to pick and choose information to prove her point that Innocent was the greatest pope to live. She also sets up her book to have the same effect on the reader. This book was unique because it really did not just focus on Pope Innocent’s life and timeline. She explains what is happening around him at the time other circumstances that could potentially have had something to do with his obvious success.
When it comes to how the book was there are differing opinions. The work done was impressed to see the kind of detail put into this writing. The stories told surrounding our main story of Innocent all seem to play an important role in the shaping of the man, his actions, and his eventual success. The writing style seemed a little bland. It was difficult to the author come out in her writing, because it seemed like she took the human part out of her writing and reported a lot more facts. Overall the thesis that Pope Innocent III is the greatest pope to ever live was conveyed clearly in Sayers
Summary
Jane Sayers takes a large portion of her writing to paint a picture of what was going on with the world of the Holy Roman Empire up to Pope Innocent. She explains the papacy at the time and how it interacted with the modern world. Sayers goes into depth as to how he made all of his power grabs with kings, the fourth crusade, and his convening of the fourth Lateran Council. The majority of the book is a gross amount of details. The beginning of the chapter on Innocent’s life describes his family and how they got to be in the position they did. Pope Innocent’s birth name was Lotario dei Conti di Segni, sometimes anglicised to Lothar of Segni in 1160. …show more content…
She does not seem to make an effort to show there is another side to that argument. There is the question if there is another pope who could possibly have been a better pope for another reason than being the pope to gain all of that papal authority. Another obvious bias is in her research, just as with mine, she had to pick and choose information to prove her point that Innocent was the greatest pope to live. She also sets up her book to have the same effect on the reader. This book was unique because it really did not just focus on Pope Innocent’s life and timeline. She explains what is happening around him at the time other circumstances that could potentially have had something to do with his obvious success.
When it comes to how the book was there are differing opinions. The work done was impressed to see the kind of detail put into this writing. The stories told surrounding our main story of Innocent all seem to play an important role in the shaping of the man, his actions, and his eventual success. The writing style seemed a little bland. It was difficult to the author come out in her writing, because it seemed like she took the human part out of her writing and reported a lot more facts. Overall the thesis that Pope Innocent III is the greatest pope to ever live was conveyed clearly in Sayers