In 1207 Pope Innocent III rcommunicated King John I of England over a dispute about the Archbishopric of Canterbury... The pope placed England under an interdict and excommunicated the king because of the excommunication, the sovereign had to forfeit his crown; King Philippe August of France was ready to seize England; King John defeated the move by surrendering his crown to the pope; he received it back in 1213, from Papal Legate Pandolfo, to rule as a fief of the Holy See; the English king was thus under the pope's protection and the king of France's plan was frustrated...
WI Pope Innocent III had given the English Crown to someone else? Lets say an English Noble or the French King? How is that changing History? Any thoughts?
WI Pope Innocent III had given the English Crown to someone else? Lets say an English Noble or the French King? How is that changing History? Any thoughts?