A student of both theology and law at Paris and Bologna, he became a cardinal in 1190.  
A student of both theology and law at Paris and Bologna, he became a cardinal in 1190.  His main interests were heresy and crusade, and his declaration of the church as a state led him to declare that heresy was a crime against the state and was to be punished as such.  The Fourth Lateran Council, which he convened in 1215, dealt with over 70 decrees he had written from his election as pope in 1198.  For 10 points--name this pope, born Lothair of Segni and widely considered the most earthly and powerful of the popes of the Middle Ages.
A student of both theology and law at Paris and Bologna, he became a cardinal in 1190.  
Innocent III  (accept Lothair of Segni before it is read)