HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Pope Gregory VII and Holy Roman emperor Henry IV initially disagreed about
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how the pope should be elected.
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where to set the borders of the Holy Roman Empire.
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who had the right to choose bishops.
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how the emperor should be chosen.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Henry believed that, as king, he had the right to appoint the bishops of the German church. This was known as lay investiture. Pope Gregory, on the other hand, angrily opposed this idea because he wanted the power for himself. He responded to the emperor’s attempts to name new bishops by Page 2 excommunicating Henry.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Holy Roman Emperor and the Roman Catholic church over the power to appoint bishops and other church officials as defined in the papal document Dictatus papae. This issue came to a head with the personal conflict between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII.
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