Laudabiliter
Sign in to save'''''' was a bull issued in 1155 by Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman to have served in that office. Existence of the bull has been disputed by scholars over the centuries; no copy is extant but scholars cite the many references to it as early as the 13th century to support the validity of its existence. The bull grants the right to the Angevin King Henry II of England to invade and govern Ireland and to enforce the Gregorian Reforms on the semi-autonomous Christian Church in Ireland. Richard de Clare ("Strongbow") and the other leaders of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland (1169–1171) cla
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23 sectionsContents
- Text
- Papal bull
- Background
- Bull ''Laudabiliter''
- Authenticity debate
- John of Salisbury
- ''Metalogicus'' and ''Polycraticus''
- Giraldus Cambrensis
- Date the Bull was produced
- Evidence for the bull
- Four letters of Pope Alexander III
- Controversy
- In favour of authenticity
- Against authenticity
- In favour of an edited version
- Papal copy of ''Laudabiliter''
- Synod of Waterford 1175
- Papal letter of 1311 and the Irish Kings' Remonstrance of 1317
- {{lang|la|Laudabiliter}} and the Kingdom of Ireland 1542–1555
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
'''''' was a bull issued in 1155 by Pope Adrian IV, the only Englishman to have served in that office. Existence of the bull has been disputed by scholars over the centuries; no copy is extant but scholars cite the many references to it as early as the 13th century to support the validity of its existence. The bull grants the right to the Angevin King Henry II of England to invade and govern Ireland and to enforce the Gregorian Reforms on the semi-autonomous Christian Church in Ireland. Richard de Clare ("Strongbow") and the other leaders of the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland (1169–1171) claimed that authorised the invasion. These Cambro-Norman knights were retained by Diarmait Mac Murchada, the deposed King of Leinster, as an ally in his fight with the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair.
Successive kings of England, from Henry II (1171) until Henry VIII (1542), used the title Lord of Ireland and claimed that it had been conferred by Adrian's successor, Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 1181).