مواجهة الملك فيليب الثاني أغسطس للبابا إينو سنت الثالث (1216-1198 م)‎

Abstract EN

This study concerns one side in the external political of the French kingdom during the middle ages.

it's consist on the relations between the king Philippe II Auguste (1180-1223) and the Pope Innocent III (1198- 1216).

with his access to the throne of France Philippe II worked to built a great kingdom.

he began to make the foundations of a strong administration in the aim to manage well the office of the kingdom.

the king was interested also in the military affairs, he contributed to build an important army, having as mission to protect the French interests and take back from the English Kingdom, the French properties.

It's very important to see that this ambitions policy of the French king was confronting the Pope Innocent III who considered himself the first leader in the Christian world in the religious as in the political fields.

in this article, I will discuss the real roots of this confrontation between the two famous figures in the middle ages, and about the climate which reigned in Europe in this period.

in reality, the king of France has not submitted to the pope despite the weapons used against him as banning his region and excommunication.

after a long confrontation between the two mans, Philippe II succeded in this conflicts with the Pope and with his political ennemies, especially Jean of England.

With his death (1223), Phillippe II left a vast Kingdom which become a real force in all Europe.