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GCSE History · key term
A Church order suspending most public religious services and sacraments in an area.
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Paper 2
Revise: Constraints on KingshipIn 1208, Pope Innocent III placed England and Wales under an interdict. Most public religious services and sacraments were suspended, including Mass and normal religious burial ceremonies. There were exceptions, including infant baptism and confession for the dying.
Paper 2
A Church punishment restricting public religious services and sacraments in a particular territory.
Distinguish an interdict, which restricted religious services across a territory, from excommunication, which excluded an individual from the Church.
Keep the stages separate: John reconciled with the pope in 1213, but the Interdict was lifted in 1214.
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On 24 March 1208, Innocent placed England under an interdict. This was a punishment directed at a territory: it restricted public religious services and sacraments. It was different from excommunication, which targeted an individual.