11th Century in Germany - 11th-Century German People, Investiture Controversy, Salian Dynasty, Concordat of Worms, Empress Matilda (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: 11th-century German people, Investiture Controversy, Salian Dynasty, Concordat of Worms, Empress Matilda, Pope Gregory VII, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, House of Hohenstaufen, Adam of Bremen, Pope Callixtus II, First Council of the Lateran, Pope Victor II, Pope Stephen IX, Judith of Swabia, Pope Clement II, Pope Damasus II, Papal appointment, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, Germanic Christianity, Walk to Canossa, Ezzonids, Beatrice I, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Gregorian Reform, Anselm of Lucca, Hermann of Reichenau, Lay abbot, Gisela of Hungary, Bertha of Savoy, Gunhilda of Denmark, Gisela of Swabia, Rudolf of Rheinfelden, Adelheid II, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Bruno, Altmann of Passau, Eupraxia of Kiev, Hermann of Salm, Conrad II of Italy, Agnes of Germany, Gebhard of Constance, Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, Constance of Sicily, Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia, Odo of Cambrai, Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg, Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, Wezilo, Gotofredo da Castiglione, Synod of Worms, Werner, Poto the Brave, Henry of Speyer. Excerpt: Papal appointment is the oldest method for the selection of the pope. Papal selection before 1059 was often characterized by appointment by secular European rulers or by their predecessors. The later procedures of the papal conclave are in large part designed to constrain the interference of secular rulers which characterized the first millennium of the Roman Catholic Church, and persisted in practices such as the creation of crown-cardinals and the jus exclusivae. Appointment might have taken several forms, with a variety of roles for the laity and civic leaders, Byzantine and Germanic emperors, and noble Roman families. The role of the appointment vis-a-vis the general population and the clergy was prone to vary c...