ABSTRACT
The Historia Compostellana contains 82 papal letters, and though the number recedes in part three of the Historia, which covers the period which concerns the pontificate of Innocent II. A problem with the text of the Historia Compostellana, as Falque has pointed out, is the difficulty in knowing when it has been manipulated. The pontificate of Innocent II was a period of dramatic change in the relations between the papacy and the Iberian Peninsula because of the changing political landscape and because of the wider legal and spiritual changes in Christian society at large. The papacy stood against most of the political solutions agreed within the Iberian Peninsula and this meant that it was a long time before the rulers of Aragon, Portugal and Navarre gained the recognition they desired. Conversely, the period saw an intensification of the relationship between the papacy and the Spanish Church as the pope's right to judge and obligation to protect were increasingly acknowledged.
