Unit 13: Review

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Unit 13 Review
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844568.book.part.065

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The Investiture Controversy was the most significant struggle over the rights of the church and the rights of the state in the Middle Ages. The principal conflict began in 1075 between Pope Gregory VII and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over the investiture of bishops and abbots to their office. The Investiture Controversy was finally settled by the Concordat of Worms (1122, in which a clear distinction was made between the temporal and spiritual sides of a church office and the roles of both church and state in the investiture process.

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