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  Stephen Langton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Langton was chosen and was consecrated by the pope at Viterbo June 17, 1207.
For refusing to publish the excommunication Stephen was suspended from all ecclesiastical functions by the papal commissioners and on November 4 this sentence was confirmed by the pope, although Stephen appealed to him in person.
Of great importance in the ecclesiastical history of England was a council which Stephen opened at Osney April 17, 1222; its decrees, known as the Constitutions of Stephen Langton, are the earliest provincial canons which are still recognized as binding in English church courts.
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 Stephen Langton - Archbishop of Canterbury
Stephen Langton lived in Paris for twenty-five years, studying, then lecturing on theology, until he gained such a reputation for learning, that, in 1206, Pope Innocent called him to Rome and made him cardinal priest of St. Chrysogonus.
Stephen was commanded by the Pope to denounce publicly the barons and all other so-called “disturbers” who had wrested the Charta from King John.
Stephen Langton is regarded by scholars as the most original commentator of the scriptures next to Bede.
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 AllRefer.com - Stephen Langton (Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Biography) - Encyclopedia
Stephen Langton c.1155–1228, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Because of his continued opposition to John after the reconciliation of pope and king, he was suspended as archbishop in 1215 but was restored after the accession of Henry III and continued his efforts to reform church and state.
He was a learned and prolific writer, and the present chapter division of the Scriptures is derived from Langton.
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 Magna Carta to Wyclif by Sanderson Beck
Stephen was a biblical scholar and helped future generations by dividing the scriptures into chapters, and he placed the books in the sequence they still have.
Langton was received by a prostrated John, but the Archbishop could not give him the kiss of peace because the ban of excommunication was still in effect.
Stephen Langton continued to mediate between the Church and state for peace and justice until his death in 1228.
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 Stephen Langton | Artist | Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He rapped on the table between them and explained Stephen had as little emotional attachment to the wooden furniture as he had to his parents — indeed to anyone who loved him.
But it is through art that Stephen has learned to express himself, revealing a highly developed insight into colour, light and shade.
Stephen's dad, Eric Langton, said: ‘People are always surprised when they see his pictures.
www.stephenlangton.co.uk   (283 words)

  
 Songs of a New Age - Guide to Musical Theatre
The musical follows the life of Stephen Langton, who was Archbishop of Canterbury at the time of the Magna Carta.
Stephen, as an up and coming religious leader achieves "the ear" of the Pope, and with the help of powerful papal influence, totally against the wishes of King John and his "yes-men", eventually becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
To be with you Stephen and Alice duet
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 STEPHEN LANGTON - LoveToKnow Article on STEPHEN LANGTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stephen, however, migrated to Paris, and having graduated in that university became one of its most celebrated theologians.
The latter, having confessed that they had given John a secret pledge to elect none but the bishop of Norwich, were released from the promise by Innocent; and at his suggestion elected Stephen Langton, who was consecrated by the pope on the 17th of June 1207.
Langton encouraged the barons to formulate their demands, and is said to have suggested that they should take their stand upon the charter of Henry I. It is uncertain what further share he took in drafting Magna Carta.
www.1911ency.org /L/LA/LANGTON_STEPHEN.htm   (1317 words)

  
 TimeRef - History Timelines
A large number of barons, led by Stephen Langton the archbishop of Canterbury meet John in an island in the Thames at Runnymede.
Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury, travelled to Rome and left Hubert de Burgh in charge of affairs of the country.
Stephen Langton and Hubert de Burgh dealt with Fawkes and the castles were handed over.
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 Stephen Langton
Langton, S.., Honeyman, H., and Tessler, E. The influence of head contour and nose angle on the perception of eye-gaze direction.
Langton, S. The mutual influence of gaze and head orientation in the analysis of social attention direction.
Langton, S., and Bruce, V. (2000) You Must See the Point: Automatic Processing of Cues to the Direction of Social Attention.
www.psychology.stir.ac.uk /staff/slangton/index.php   (165 words)

  
 Anon. - Magna Carta, Magna Carta ToC: The Online Library of Liberty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
His daughter’s claims were set aside by Stephen, son of the Conqueror’s daughter, and a cadet of the House of Blois, to whom Henry had played the indulgent uncle, and who repaid his benefactor’s generosity by constituting himself his heir.
Stephen Langton was to be received as archbishop in all honour with his banished bishops, friends and kinsmen.
Stephen Langton, now assured of a welcome to the high office into which he had been thrust against John’s will, landed at Dover and was received by the King at Winchester on 20th July, 1213.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines
Langton was originally from Lincolnshire but after teaching in Paris had moved to Rome where he had become a Cardinal.
Stephen Langton was chosen as Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Innocent III.
For John this was a serious blow to his ability to rule the country as it absolved the king's subjects from their oaths of alliegence, gave the Barons reason to revolt and allowed the King of France to invade England to remove John from power.
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 Langton, Stephen on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
LANGTON, STEPHEN [Langton, Stephen] c.1155-1228, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
International: CNN hits the headlines with story of its own humiliation James Langton in New York reports on fall-out from the Vietnam War scoop that never was
Features: An all American Odyssey James Langton meets Charles Frazier, whose first novel, `Cold Mountain', has taken the US by storm and is soon to be filmed by Anthony Minghella
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 Stephen Langton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stephen Langton represents the interests of Blevins Franks International in the Provence and Languedoc regions of southern France.
Stephen has been advising clients on investment and tax planning for nearly sixteen years; in the UK where he was a development manager for the Royal Bank of Scotland, in South East Asia and latterly in France.
Stephen is a keen sportsman and was the Brunei Darussalam representative to the International Cricket Council for five years.
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 Powicke | Stephen Langton | Book #17347   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stephen Langton: Being the Ford Lectures Delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1927.
Powicke's meticulously documented biography describes Langton's early life and his years in Paris, where he was a friend and fellow-student of the future Pope Innocent III, and pays particular attention to Langton's "Questiones" or theological problems.
The other main concerns of the study are the English break with Rome and Langton's involvement with the barons and other signatories to Magna Carta.
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 Langton Naval & Land Models. Langton Miniatures. Inc Starfort Models Rod@rodlangton.com. Langton M   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Langton, Stephen English cardinal whose appointment as archbishop of Canterbury precipitated King John's quarrel with Pope Innocent III and played an important part in the Magna Carta crisis.
Print this Table of Contents Langton, son of a lord of a manor in Lincolnshire, became early in his career a prebendary of York.
Langton's ant is a two-dimensional Turing machine with a very simple set of rules, invented by Chris Langton.
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 Anne Langton: Langton Family and Family Connections
The Langton family could trace their ancestry at least as far back as the thirteenth century when, in 1215, Bishop Stephen Langton was among those who witnessed King John's signing of the Magna Carta.
Thomas Langton (1770-1838), was born into an aristocratic Lancashire family, the Langtons of Broughton Tower and Kirkham.
Ellen Langton (1766-1846), wife of Thomas, mother of William, Anne and John; daughter of Reverend William Currer, Rector of St. James the Apostle parish church, Clapham, in Yorkshire.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/exhibits/langton/langton_17.htm   (760 words)

  
 LANGTON, S - Online Information article about LANGTON, S
Stephen Langton, who was consecrated by the See also:
Langton encouraged the barons to formulate their demands, and is said to have suggested that they should take their stand upon the See also:
Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng.
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 Earl Temple of Stowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Consequently, the eldest son and heir of the Earl uses Lord Langton as a courtesy title.
The family seat from which the title derives was Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.
Ronald Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton, 7th Earl Temple of Stowe (1910-1988)
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 Britannia Biographies: Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
King John, however, declined to acknowledge Archbishop Langton and, though the country was laid under an interdict, he laboured for six years to overcome the King's opposition before John yielded and allowed him to come to England and enter upon his archiepiscopal functions.
From the first, Langton set himself to restrain the King's lawlessness and to mediate between him and his aggrieved Barons.
Archbishop Langton continued to use his influence on behalf of peace and order in the State and in the Church; and at Osney, in 1222, the Canons, known as the Constitutions of Stephen Langton, were promulgated.
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 June 15: King John of England signs Magna Carta
Archbishop Stephen Langton, a man so holy it was said he put all Rome to shame, was the document's main architect.
Stephen Langton brought to their attention an old charter granted by Henry I. The principles embodied in that charter were amplified and presented to King John at the field of Runnymead on this date, June 15, 1215, where he grudgingly sealed it.
Langton had every inducement to resist the king.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Langton Stephen
He was educated in Paris, where he became the friend of Cardinal de' Conti, later Pope...
Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832-1904), English biographer, critic, and philosopher, born in London, and educated at King's College and at the University...
Stephen, Saint (Protomartyr), known as The Protomartyr (died ad36?), first Christian martyr, according to the New Testament (see Acts 6, 7).
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 The Black Sheep - Part III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Led by Stephen Langton, the barons met with the king at Runnymeade on June 15, 1215.
Of all the barons on the field that day, the best-known and most revered, William Marshal, was in the king's party.
Langton and Marshal had done most of the negotiating, and the document that resulted was to change the course of world history.
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 icSurreyOnline - Reverence for pub's food is almost 'holy'
The Stephen Langton is a treasure secreted away in the woods near Dorking.
It is little touches such as this that allow the Stephen Langton to surpass the normal pub dining experience.
The Stephen Langton has this and more and, over the summer, I expect them to experience even more success than they have had so far.
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 Magna Carta Place
These ameliorating and beneficial provisions were largely the work of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, whose election John had refused to confirm and whom he kept out of the Kingdom for years until 1213.
It was Langton who brought the precedent of a Royal Charter to the notice of the Barons; it was Langton who looked beyond the interests of the Barons to the protection of the people.
After John's death in 1216, Magna Carta was reissued by the Regents of the infant Henry 111 in 1216 and again in 1217.
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 The Baldwin Project: Thirty More Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
Stephen Langton, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was with them, and there was no bolder friend of liberty than he.
He tried, by fine promises, to persuade Stephen Langton to abandon the cause he had undertaken.
The charter which Stephen Langton and his friends had drawn up was spread out before the king.
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 Stephen Langton --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Langton, son of a lord of a manor in Lincolnshire, became early in his career a prebendary of York.
In the disputed election to the see of Canterbury following the death of Hubert Walter, Pope Innocent III quashed the election of John's nominee in procuring the election of Stephen Langton (December 1206).
The English critic and man of letters Leslie Stephen was the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.
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 The Baldwin Project: Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages by George Hodges
The interdict was removed and Stephen Langton came to Canterbury.
And this people, with Langton for its spokesman and leader, was at last arrayed against the king.
The king and his courtiers were encamped on one bank of the river, Langton and the barons were encamped on the other side, in a wide meadow, whose name of Runnymede has been famous since that day in the history of political liberty.
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 The Story of King John and Magna Carta
King John made more enemies when he refused to accept the appointment of Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important position in the English Catholic Church.
In 1212, King John agreed to have Stephen Langton become Archbishop of Canterbury.
Langton (who was sympathetic to the rebels if not one himself) began to work for a negotiated settlement to prevent all-out civil war and arranged a meeting to be held at Runnymede, a meadow on the Thames west of London.
www.crf-usa.org /Foundation_docs/Foundation_lesson_magna.html   (2467 words)

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