Directory of Investiture Conflict Resources

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A struggle between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors Henry IV and Henry V, during the period 1075-1122 on whether the church or the secular power had the power to appoint office holders within the church.

Subcategories

• Saint Gregory VII

Resources in This Category

• Conflict of Investitures

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08084c.htm
  Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Empire and Papacy

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1l.html
  An introduction and collection of sources from the Medieval Sourcebook on the relationship between the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor.

• The Owl, The Pussycat and the Investiture Controversy

  http://www.vlib.us/medieval/lectures/investiture.html
  Professor emeritus Lynn H. Nelson explains the Investiture Controversy in medieval dialogue form.

 

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