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  2. Investiture Controversy - Wikipedia

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    Woodcut of a medieval king investing a bishop with the symbols of office, Philip Van Ness Myers, 1905. The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest (German: Investiturstreit, pronounced [ɪnvɛstiˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaɪt] ⓘ) was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops (investiture) [1] and abbots of monasteries and the ...

  3. Gerd Tellenbach - Wikipedia

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    Gerd Tellenbach (17 September 1903 – 12 June 1999) was a German historian [1] and scholar of medieval social and religious history, particularly of the Papacy and German church during the Investiture Controversy and reform movements of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Tellenbach also made groundbreaking contributions to the study of the ...

  4. Gregorian Reform - Wikipedia

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    The major headings of Gregorian reform [further explanation needed] can be seen as embodied in the Papal electoral decree (1059), and the temporary resolution of the Investiture Controversy (1075–1122) was an overwhelming papal victory. The resolution of this controversy acknowledged papal superiority over secular rulers by implication.

  5. Church and state in medieval Europe - Wikipedia

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    A dispute between the secular and ecclesiastical powers emerged known as the Investiture Controversy, beginning in the mid-eleventh century and was resolved with the Concordat of Worms in 1122. While on the surface it was over a matter of official procedures regarding the appointments of offices, underneath was a powerful struggle for control ...

  6. History of the papacy (1048–1257) - Wikipedia

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    The Investiture Controversy was the most significant conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe.It began as a dispute in the 11th century between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and the Gregorian Papacy concerning who would control appointments of church officials (investiture).

  7. Christianity in the 11th century - Wikipedia

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    The Investiture Controversy, or Lay investiture controversy, was the most significant conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe. It began as a dispute in the 11th century between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and Pope Gregory VII concerning who would appoint bishops (investiture). The end of lay investiture threatened ...

  8. Pope Gregory VII - Wikipedia

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    One of the great reforming popes, he initiated the Gregorian Reform, and is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Emperor Henry IV to establish the primacy of papal authority and the new canon law governing the election of the pope by the College of Cardinals. He was also at the forefront of ...

  9. A History of Political Theory - Wikipedia

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    Part II : The Theory of the Universal Community 8. The Law of the Nature 9. Cicero and the Roman Lawyers 10. Seneca and the Fathers of the Church 11. The Folk and its Laws 12. The Investiture Controversy 13. Universitas Hominum 14. Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII 15. Marsilio of Padua and William of Occam 16. The Conciliar Theory of Church ...