HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Peace was reached between warring states.
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An alliance was formed between military powers.
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A compromise was reached over control of church offices.
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Elections were held to form a government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The conflict ended in 1122, when Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V agreed on the Concordat of Worms. The agreement required bishops to swear an oath of fealty to the secular monarch, who held authority “by the lance” but left selection to the church.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The Concordat of Worms of 1122 separated the spiritual and secular power of the Holy Roman Empire’s bishops, giving the Papacy control over investing bishops with ecclesiastical and spiritual powers while giving the emperor political power over bishops as his vassals.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Concordat of Worms brought an end to the first phase of the power struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman emperors, and has been interpreted as containing within itself the germ of nation-based sovereignty that would one day be confirmed in the Treaty of Westphalia (1648).