WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Concordat of Worms settled a conflict between
A
Richard I and Saladin.
B
France and England.
C
the Normans and the Anglo-Saxons.
D
the pope and the Holy Roman emperor.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Concordat of Worms, compromise arranged in 1122 between Pope Calixtus II (1119–24) and the Holy Roman emperor Henry V (reigned 1106–25) settling the Investiture Controversy, a struggle between the empire and the papacy over the control of church offices.

Detailed explanation-2: -The conflict ended in 1122, when Emperor Henry V and Pope Calixtus II agreed on the Concordat of Worms, which differentiated between the royal and spiritual powers and gave the emperors a limited role in selecting bishops.

Detailed explanation-3: -Worms, Concordat of, 1122, agreement reached by Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V to put an end to the struggle over investiture. By its terms the emperor guaranteed free election of bishops and abbots and renounced the right to invest them with ring and staff, the symbols of their spiritual duties.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Concordat of Worms stipulated that only the Church had the right to appoint religious office holders, ending the practice of kings installing their preferred bishops. In return, the emperor could attend canonical elections and intervene in cases of disputed outcomes.

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