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Revising An Empire → After Charlemagne’s Empire collapsed, the German part of the kingdom was split between dukes.

Otto The Great → Made alliances with other German nobles 

962→ eventually got the pope to crown him emperor 

The Empire was large (Germany and a few Italian lands)

He created a stable kingdom with a prosperous empire 

Worked closely with the church → strengthened it ( eventually got it strong enough to rival the authority  of the state) 

Death of Otto The Great→ Ottoman Kings took over and wanted to make it more Christian/Holy, called themselves Roman Kings, challenging the Byzantine rulers

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How Did Pope Gregory and Herny  IV Go Into Conflict 

Early Holy Roman Empire Ruler Giving Church More Power→ In time, Popes gained more power, causing conflict between Popes and rulers 

Pope Vs. Emperor→ Italian Monk (aka Pope Gregory) didn't believe that the Emperor should have power over the church sparking conflict with the emperor at the time (Henry VI)

 More Conflict→ Pope Gregory also believed the Popes should get to choose Bishops  

Why They Each Wanted To Chose Bishops→Bishops controlled much land and wealth they each wanted one that would support their views 

The List Of Rules→ Pope Gregory made a list claiming his authority over  Church and non-church leaders saying that he could remove Bishops and even Emperors  

Why Did He Think He Could Do That→ He claimed that the church was founded by God and could remove people from office, etc 

Note: That Basically Set The Conflict Up

A Ruler Difies The  Pope→ Hery didn't listen to the pope and appointed his own rules in response; the pope appointed his own to Henry tried to excommunicate the Pope/the Pope freed Henry’s subjects from their oath

Forgivnes→ Heny (Powerless without loyal subjects) went to apologize to Gregory ( Who made him wait in the snow for 3 days) Gregory forgave Henry 

But then Henry led his army into Rome, forcing Gregory From the city 

Continuing Conflicts→, The conflicts continued long after their deaths but were put to  a stop in 1122 when the Concordat of Worms started

Concordat of Worms → allowed the church to appoint bishops, but emperors to persuade them with gifts to share their views

Despite That Conflicts Continued

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Gregor VII→ Very controversial, fought against many rules and excommuted Henry IV 2 times and officially forgave him 1 time 

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Otto The Great

He helped Pope John XII fight enemies off and in return, Pope John XII crowned him Emperor Of The Romans

Aftermath→ They quarreled, which led to Otto replacing John with Pope Leo VII  

Excommunication→ Henry IV ignored Pope Gregory VII’s rules about church authority which ended up with him being excommunicated although Herny was forgiven in 1077