...his statements on this subject, are characterised by great fairness : — ' During all his conflicts in the West with the royal and with the episcopal...of the innocent and defenceless, and in vindication of the sanctity of marriage : if he treated kings with scorn, it was because they had become contemptible...

...his statements on this subject, are characterised t>y great fairness:— 'During all his conflicts in the West with the royal and with the episcopal power, the moral and religions sympathies of mankind could not but be . on his side. If his language was occasionally more...

...more than all his pre- Hisch»decessors to strengthen and confirm it. During racterall his conflicts in the West with the royal and with the episcopal...of the innocent and defenceless, and in vindication of the sanctity of marriage : if he treated kings with scorn, it was because they had become contemptible...

...authority, did more than all his predecessors to strengthen and confirm it. During all his conflicts in the West with the royal and with the episcopal...of the innocent and defenceless, and in vindication of the sanctity of marriage ; if he treated kings with scorn, it was because they had become contemptible...

...authority, did more than all his predecessors to strengthen and confirm it. During all his conflicts in the West with the royal and with the episcopal...If his language was occasionally more violent, even contemptu ous, than became the moderation which, up to this time, had mitigated the papal decrees,...

...truly say, a new Elias rose in him." And again, in the words of Milmau : "During all his conflicts in the West with the royal and with the episcopal...sympathies of mankind could not but be on his side. If he interfered with domestic relations, it was in defense of the innocent and defenseless, and in vindication...