Ch20high West Euro Flashcards
Western Europe inspired by dream of unification similar to
Rome
1200s Marco Polo visits court of
Khubilai khan
962 pope john Xii presented imperial crown to
Otto of saxony I (birth of Holy Roman Empire)
In the high middle ages the state that seem to have the most potential for a re-centralized state was
Holy Roman Empire
Single obstacle of the Holy Roman Empire rise so was
On going conflict with papacy
Investiture contest centered on
Appointment of church officials by Imperial authority
Investiture contest presented
Struggle between church and State for power
Investiture contest reached a peak with Pope Gregory vii and
Henry iv
Frederick Barbarossa attempt to gain control over Lombardy blocked by
Popes
Who said quip of “Neither holy nor Roman nor an empire”
Voltaire
987 French nobles chose who as their king
Hugh Capet
987 hugh Capet crowned king of France but ..
Took centuries for French to build powerful centralized state
Which state most centralized in early stages
England
1066 William of Normandy conquered
England
Bayeux tapestry depicts
Norman invasion and conquest of England
Italy political structure
Series of city states and principalities