This Appendix contains translated extracts from documents (together with some commentary) designed to illustrate three points: (1) King Philip Augustus’s general reluctance to become directly involved in the Albigensian Crusade, largely because of his other concerns in the north; but equally his concerns to ensure that his ultimate rights as suzerain in the South were not compromised by papal interests or the conquests of the crusaders (see also especially n. 118 to ch. X); (2) the much more active involvement of his son Louis VIII (1223-26), which (following his earlier role in campaigns in the South as Prince Louis in 1215 and 1219) included direct military intervention in 1226 (on which see n. 106 to ch. XXXII); and (3) the attitude of Pope Honorius III to the Crusade, and in particular how far he was genuinely interested in seeking a peaceful settlement with Raymond VII of Toulouse in 1224, following the truce between Raymond and Amaury de Montfort, and the latter’s cession of his rights in the South to the French Crown.

The King replies to Innocent’s request of 10 March 1208 for support for the Crusade (again see n. 118 to ch. X and PVC §72 and notes). Philip Augustus had previously advanced hostilities with King John of England and the Emperor Otto as a reason for his reluctant support for the Crusade. Here he reminds Innocent forcefully of his standing as overlord of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse.