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STEPHEN LANGTON(-1228), Archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1228)

The English cardinal whose appointment as archbishop of Canterbury (1207-) precipitated the quarrel between King John (1199-1216) and Pope Innocent III, playing an important part in the crisis by which the barons forced the king to sign the Magna Carta in 1215.

Pope Innocent III secured Langton's appointment as archbishop of Canterbury in 1207 but King John refused to acknowledge him as archbisop for six years, even thought England was placed under an interdict.

Langton was a moderate in the battle between King John and his aggrieved barons and instrumental in the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215.

King John succeeded in having Langton suspended from his archiepiscopal office and he was only restored upon the death of Innocent III and King John.

Langton died at Slindon in Sussex on July 9th, 1228.

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1206.Dec		Stephen Langton selected as Archbishop of Canterbury by the Pope
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1207		Stephen Langton appointed archbishop of Canterbury King John refused to acknowledge Langton as archbishop for six years although the country was placed under interdict
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1207.Aug		Pope threatens to place England under an interdict
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circa 1208.Apr		England placed under interdict by the Pope
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1209		Stephen Langton lands at Dover
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1209.Nov		Excommunication of King John by the Pope
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1211		Excommunication of King John (1209) is served
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1212.Nov		King John accepts te demands of the Pope
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1215.Jun.19		The Magna Carta sealed at Runnymede by King John to stave off civil war with the barons
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1222		Promulgation of the canons known as the Constitutions of Stephen Langton at Osney

1228.Jul.09		Death of Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Slindon in Sussex

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