HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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It led to fewer cathedrals being built.
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It gave government leaders power over clergy.
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It prevented the spread of religious ideas.
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It encouraged debate about church teachings.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lay investiture, which is the appointment of bishops by temporal (earthly) rulers, is important by both German emperors and popes because whom ever appointed the bishops practically would control the church. Whom ever controlled the church had much power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lay investiture caused such a serious conflict because Pope Gregory VII wasn’t happy that Henry IV go to control who became a bishop. The naming of a bishop by the Emperors allowed the Emperors to control the bishops. Then, Pope Gregory VII was excommunicated due to Emperor Henry IV.