Registers of Innocent III. 13th volume. 1210/1211

With the thirteenth volume of the edition of pope Innocent IIIs chancery-registers, published as the eleventh in the series of the whole edition, the character of the edition is changing. Up to now it was based on the original registers ASV Reg. Vat. 4, 5, 7 und 7A, while from the remaining time of the pontificate only a copy covering four years is transmitted, which was written in mid-14th-century on behalf of the Curia. There is a learned print edition by F. Bosquet from the first half of the 17th century as well. Both are derived from the lost original registers. The traces of the original in the rubricellae and other manuscripts and the close comparison of both transmitted versions form the core of the introduction. As a result, it was decided to edit the copy from the Curia, while indicating Bosquets variants in the critical apparatus. The volume is containing 207 letters written in 1210 and 1211. Most of the papal letters are dealing with theological, liturgical, legistic and juridical questions, the church organisation of the Latin Empire, political and ecclesiastical issues from Southern Italy to Scandinavia, matrimonial matters and property questions, privileges and confirmations of rights and possessions of bishoprics and monasteries, matters concerning the episcopate and litigation within the Church, such as contested elections or disciplinary problems, and a variety of decisions offering insights in major and minor problems of the church and the people around 1200. The integration of the Catholic Poor into the Church, advocated by the pope, met resistance of the local hierarchies. As regards the Holy Roman Empire, King Otto IVs approach to Rome brought about tensions with the Curia. A smaller number of letters than in previous years have become decretals. The volume is offering the critical edition of the texts, the dating of hitherto undated letters, ample historical comments, identifications of textual parallels and quotations from the Bible, Canon and Roman law, theological, liturgical and classical texts, and the letters` insertion in decretal collections. It has been prepared in cooperation of the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung and the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome.