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The article assesses the consequences of the medieval Battle of Bouvines (Bouvines, France) in the creation of the Capetian Dynasty's monarchy and its effect in the Kingdom of France and Western Europe. The victory of Philippe Auguste, Capetian King of France, against a coalition led by John, King of England, also known as Jean sans terre, and including Holy Roman Emperor Otton de Brunswick is discussed. Topics include Philippe Auguste's establishment of an administrative monarchy, royal ideology, the battle's consequences in the Anglo-Angevin Kingdom of England and Flanders, and the reign of Frédéric who succeeded Otton as Holy Roman Emperor on July 25, 1215. The Albigensian Crusade led against Albigensian heretics in Languedoc, France, is also addressed.