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This book is a biography of Pope Innocent III. Avoiding the many scholarly controversies concerning the pope, it offers a concise and balanced portrait of the man and his pontificate. Its chronological organization-unusual in biographies of Innocent-enables the reader to see how the pope was usually dealing with many different subjects at the same time, and that the events in one aspect of his life could influence his views of other topics. This structure, together with the thorough documentation, can provide new insights even for scholars well-versed in his pontificate. Written in clear, jargon-free English, the book also gives the students and general reader a good sense of this pope and of the medieval papacy.
“The intention of John C. Moore’s biography of Pope Innocent III, originally published by Brill in 2003, is to provide a chronological account of the life of one of the most influential and able of the medieval pontiffs. By abandoning the more usual thematic approach to Innocent’s pontificate, Moore wants us to better appreciate ‘how the events in one area of his experience may have influenced his reactions to events in others’. . . In spite of its structural problems, Moore’s is the best biography of Innocent III, and this paperback edition should now make it available to the very students of history for whom it was intended.” —The Catholic Historical Review
John C. Moore is professor of history, emeritus, at Hofstra University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Love in Twelfth-Century France.