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Langton, Stephen
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Archbishop of Canterbury, born in England but educated in France; a man of ability and scholarly attainments; in 1206 visited Rome, was made Cardinal by Innocent III., presented to the Archbishopric, and consecrated at Viterbo in 1207; King John refused to acknowledge him, and the kingdom was put under an interdict, a quarrel which it took five years to settle; established in the primacy, the prelate took up a constitutional position, and mediated between the king and the barons to the advancement of political liberty; d . 1228.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Langton, Stephen'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/langton-stephen.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Langton, Stephen'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/langton-stephen.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
