Pope

Also known as: the pope · Family: Church · Role: pope · First appears: Book 1, Chapter 4

In Book 1, Chapter 4, the Pope wrote to King Charles ordering him to send Queen Isabella back to her husband, the King of England, under pain of excommunication. The letters were carried to King Charles by Bishop of Xaintes, whom the Pope sent as his legate.

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Life events

• The Pope ordered the King of France to send Isabella back to her husband under pain of excommunication.(Book 1, Chapter 4)
  • With: King Charles Queen Isabella
  • “The nearest relations of the pope, and those most in his counsels, managed the pope in such a manner, that he wrote to the King of France to send back Isabella, Queen of England, to her husband, under pain of excommunication.”
• The pope and the college consented to the marriage.(Book 1, Chapter 16 · 📍 Avignon)
  • “As soon as they came to Avignon their business was done, for the pope and the college gave their consent most benignantly.”

Book 1, Chapter 4

• with King Charles (The pope ordered the King of France to send Isabella back.) “The nearest relations of the pope, and those most in his counsels, managed the pope in such a manner, that he wrote to the King of France to send back Isabella, Queen of England, to her husband, under pain of excommunication.”
• with Bishop of Xaintes (The pope sent the Bishop of Xaintes as his legate.) “These letters were carried to the King of France by the Bishop of Xaintes, whom the pope sent thither as his legate.”
• with King of England (Isabella’s husband) (At Hugh Spencer’s instigation, the King of England wrote to the Pope.) “For this purpose he sent over trusty and secret messengers laden with gold, silver, and rich jewels. These were distributed among the king and his ministers with such effect, that the king and his council were in a short time as cold toward the cause of Isabella as they had before been warm. Sir Hugh also endeavored to get the queen into his and the king’s power, and to this end made the king write an affectionate letter to the pope, entreating him to order the King of France to send back his wife.”

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