we're getting tests back...this may prove to be shitty got an 88! kick ass turned in the notes, title page, and bibliography...yay church reform, pope gregory VII the great in college of cardinals elected pope gregory VII 1073 ideology of numbert and damiani in his pontificate admired by some, hated by others puritanical zeal hated german emperors as alien interlopers damian - "holy satan" abbott hugh of cluny hated hildebrand codify canon law to reflect absolutist papacy dictatus papae part of this effort, 1073 lay investiture illegal excommunication - cannot receive sacrements, baptism, marriage, last rites, confirmation, confession, communion, one more according to church, all humans sin, but confession + penance can absolve you interdict - pope can level interdict on a country (excommunicate a country) simony - purchase of church official positions nicolaitism - marrying of church officials dictatus papae - dictates of the pope pope gets authority from god has power to do everything through his power from god has power to depose emperors used donation of constantine (forged document saying constantine ceded prerogative to wear all imperial insignia to pope sylvester I, gives lay authority to church) pope has greater authority than the synod synod - meeting of bishops and archbishops investiture controversy henry IV appointed archbiship of milan gregory and followeres protested henry IV letter 24 jan 1076 condemning pop as false monk gregory VII excommunicated henry 22 feb 1076 gregory fomented revolt among church and nobles in HRE managed to convince some in HRE that henry was wrong bishops and abbonts no longer recognize henry 2/3 of henry's army from church lands end 1076, henry isolated and weak nobles sought to elect another emperor canossa - winter 1077 - henry and gregory both went, gregory made henry wait outside for 3 days, they reconciled, dictates of pope may have validity and spiritual power greater than temporal power, henry forgiven, rebellions put down henry appoints more bishops henry regains power and audacity gregory excommunicates henry again german bishops side with henry henry appoints his own pope escorts him to rome 1085 with his army gregory fled to southern italy to anathema - unthinkable chain of anathema - refers to sword of christ's mouth on earth, speaking with the words of god investiture contest, concordat of worms 1122 church officials would elect a bishop in germany after, he would pay lay homage to the king as the secular lord significance: from then on, the secular and religious authorities of europe were separate and in contention HRE weakened and would remain neither holy, roman, or empiric hugo candidus, supported henry IV, rival of gregory, disapproved of by archbishop of canterbury spread of seljuk turks 11th century spain - reconquista, 1100, 25% of iberian peninsula christian seljuk turks take antioch 1070 defeated byzantines 1071 forcibly discontinued christian pilgrimages 1070