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Excerpt from Cathedra Petri: A Political History of the Great Latin Patriarchate Three years have passed away since the publication of the Fourth Volume of this Work. A Fifth is now presented to the public, bringing down the history of the Papacy to an epoch at which it may properly be said to have attained to its greatest development both in respect of territorial expansion and political influence. The present Volume closes with the death of Innocent III. A pontiff whose name stands foremost in the annals of the sacerdotal empire of Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.