Note 1999 — Chapter IX · THE FALL OF THE ANGEVINS. 1199–1206.
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R. Coggeshall (Stevenson), p. 103, says the divorce was made “per mandatum domini Papæ ... propter consanguinitatis lineam.” But R. Diceto (Stubbs), vol. ii. p. 167, says it was made because John was “sublimioris thori spe raptatus,” and adds: “unde magnam summi pontificis, scilicet Innocentii tertii, et totius curiæ Romanæ indignationem incurrit.” He dates it 1199, and attributes it to the Norman bishops; Rog. Howden (Stubbs), vol. iv. p. 119, places it in 1200, and names only the archbishop of Bordeaux and the bishops of Poitiers and Saintes.