HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Pope Gregory VII excommunicated Henry IV
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The Papal States declared war on the Holy Roman Empire
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The Holy Roman Empire declared independence from the Papacy
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Charlemagne’s Carolingian Empire never fell
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest (German: Investiturstreit, pronounced [ɪnvɛstiˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaɪt] ( listen)) was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops (investiture) and abbots of monasteries and the pope himself.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gregory first excommunicated Henry IV, head of the Holy Roman Empire, from the Roman Catholic Church because he had gone back on his word and refused to follow the pope’s orders. The noblemen of Germany, already unhappy with Henry, happily went along with this.
Detailed explanation-3: -The history of the papacy from 1046 to 1216 was marked by conflict between popes and the Holy Roman Emperor, most prominently the Investiture Controversy, a dispute over who-pope or emperor-could appoint bishops within the Empire.