HIST-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pope Honorius Iii
19 Nov 2020
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He reached adulthood in 1215 and made it clear from the start that he would follow his own path. He was an odd personality, and people were clearly in awe of him. Most of his biographers have emphasized his unique character; in the middle ages he was referred to as stupor mundi ( the wonder of the world ), and most commentators since then have taken much the same line. At least in regard to his royal policies frederick was thoroughly conventional: He sought to enrich himself and his family, to centralize and extend his authority, to emphasize the rule of law but more out of a wish to exert power than to express commitment to a social ideal. What set frederick apart from his contemporaries was his personal flamboyance and the catholicity of his interests. Having grown up in sicily, he had a rather more cosmopolitan character than his salian predecessors:
