HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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excommunication.
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Benedictine Rule.
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interdict.
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canon law.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A concordat is an agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country.
Detailed explanation-2: -Issued on 23 March 1208, the interdict lasted for more than six years until it was lifted on 2 July 1214. Pope Innocent III placed the Kingdom of England under an interdict after King John refused to accept the pope’s appointee, Stephen Langton, as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Detailed explanation-3: -He rejected Langton after his consecration by the Pope, refused him entry to England and confiscated the estate of Canterbury. The Pope imposed an interdict on England, it was to last six years from 1208 – 1214.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Investiture Controversy was the most significant conflict between church and state in medieval Europe, specifically the Holy Roman Empire. In the 11th and 12th centuries, a series of popes challenged the authority of European monarchies.