 Official anti-Judaic measures sponsored by the Catholic Church combined with resentment about debts among the barons gave an opportunity for Montfort to target this group and incite rebellion by calling for the cancellation of Jewish debts.Henry also became embroiled in funding a war against the Hohenstaufen Dynasty in Sicily on behalf of Pope Innocent IV in return for the Hohenstaufen title King of Sicily for his second son Edmund.This made many barons fearful that Henry was following in the footsteps of his father King John and, like him, needed to be kept in check.