Holy Roman Empire Flashcards
Lay investiture was the practice of-
allowing lay persons to appoint bishops
Henry |V was crowned-
Holy Roman Emperor
Fredrick Barbarossa was-
the Holy Roman Emperor who tied Germany to Southern Italy through the marriage of his son
Pope Innocent the third was-
proclaimed pope in 1198; claimed supremacy over all other rules and strengthened papal power within the Church
Concordat of Worms:
Bishops would be appointed by the church but the rulers had to approve them
Scholasticism:
using logic and reason to support Christian Beliefs
Thomas Aquinas
Blended Christian beliefs with Greek philosophy which allowed for the growth of new universities
Vernacular:
use of everday language in writing
Liberal arts:
math, geometry, astronomy, music, grammar, rhetoric, logic
Dante Alighori:
Wrote the Divine Comedy
What was the Reconquista?
Long wars and battles between the Christian Kingdoms and the Muslim Moors
Who was King John?
King of England who lost struggles with the King of France, the pope and English nobles. Battlef with pope innocent the third who placed all of england in an interdict and john forced to sign the magna carta
Magna Carta was:
A charter asserting the right of nobles and that the monarch must obey that law