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- Title
The pope, a knight and a bishop on the edge of Christendom: the politics of exclusion in thirteenth-century Ireland.
- Authors
Marshall, John
- Abstract
This article provides a re-appraisal of the land dispute between the lord of Leinster, William Marshal, and the bishop of Ferns, Ailbe Ó Máelmuaid, in the 1210s. In 1215, Ailbe petitioned the pope to solve the dispute, leading to the pronouncement of an interdict and excommunication against the Marshal. It is argued that after King John of England died and the Marshal became regent of England in 1216, the papal stance towards the land dispute changed and the Marshal enjoyed favour in Rome, thus shutting the roads to redress for the bishop of Ferns. Now the most powerful man in the Plantagenet dominions, William Marshal used his position as regent to begin the policy of English discrimination against Gaelic-born bishops for episcopal sees in Ireland. This article uses this dispute as a means of exploring Ireland's position within wider Latin Christendom against the background of the papacy's crusading agenda.
- Subjects
IRELAND; KNIGHTS &; knighthood; CHRISTIANITY; PAPACY; BISHOPS; JOHN, King of England, 1167-1216; POPES; GREAT men &; women; PRACTICAL politics
- Publication
Irish Historical Studies, 2023, Vol 47, Issue 172, p175
- ISSN
0021-1214
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/ihs.2023.41