Peak Flashcards
1066
Battle of Hastings
Mid 12th century
Plantagenet dynasty
1455-1458
War of the Two Roses
1485
Accession of Henrich Tudor to the English throne, stabilization of condition
843
Treaty of Verdun
911
Norman settlement in northern France
987-1328
Rule of the Kapet dynasty (direct branch)
1328
The onset of the side branch of the Kapet family - the Valois family
1337-1453
Hundred years war
End of the 15th century
Laying the foundations of strong power in France
962
Otto I. is crowned Roman emperor
1077
German king Henry IV. at the castle of Canossa in the robes of a penitent submitted to Pope
1122
Worm Concordat
1138-1254
Government of the Hohenstauf family
1347-1437
Luxembourg government
From 1438
Habsburg rule
996
Otto III grandson of Otto I. coronation HRE
Fight for investiture
Dispute between the papacy and the EU (esp German) monarchs over the right to invest (appoint) bishops
The Cluny Reform
Denouncing the granting of ecclesiastical offices to the laity
Beginning of fight for investiture
Arose during the occupation of the Archbishopric of Milan - King Henry IV of Rome supported one candidate - the pope another……. Dispute erupted in full under the pontificate of Gregory VII - 1075 Synod of Lent he sent order under which no clergyman was allowed to accept a ecclesiastical office at the hands of a layman under penalty of imprisonment - secular princes should be excommunicated if he dared to grant the investiture - Henry did not intend to respect popes orders - used his influence on the imperial clergy, convened his assembly, at which the imperial bishops and abbots deposed pope Gregory VII - pope excommunicated Henry and forbade subjects to accept his orders - success Henry left by followers - 1077 Henry crossed the Alpine passes from GER to ITA and for three days in the penitents robe stood barefoot and without food at the gate of the Canossa Fortress where the pope was staying - Henry accepted back into church - not introduced to sovereign rights - issues to be resolved in Reichstag - Henry promised to submit to the assembly and become a good son of the church- politically Henry won, historically papacy because pope proved superiority over secular power - ended with Worm Concordat of 1122: compromise - the episcopal election was divided into secular and ecclesiastical parts - election of a bishop was still an exclusively ecclesiastical affair, but was to take place in the kings presence - after election king handed the scepter to bishop as a sign of secular power - popes deputies gave ring and crutch as a sign of spiritual power - reduced kings influence over the high clergy
Worm Concordat
1122, compromise in which the episcopal election was divided into secular and ecclesiastical parts. Election of a bishop was still a ecclesiastical affair but took place in presence of the king. King handed the scepter to the newly elected bishop as a sign of secular power and popes deputies gave the ring and crutch as a sign of spiritual power - the compromise reduced the kings influence over the high clergy
1152
Frederick of Barbarossa (red beard) became king of Rome
1190
Frederick of Barbarossa drowned in Palestine during expedition
1257
In the election for King of Rome, right to vote was limited to seven electorates - 3 ecclesiastical officials, 4 secular feudal lords
1273
Rudolf of Habsburg elected king of Germany
1356
The Golden Bull - basic imperial law, constitution, confirmed many traditional customs (Charles IV)
1806
HRE donesies
1437
Sigi of LUX dead
1495
Court by imperial princes in Reichstag decided to strengthen central power by resolving internal conflicts via court, ban on internal wars and implement of landscape peace
1086
Domesday book
Domesday book
First great medieval statistical work, data on the area of agricultural land, population, livestock numbers, agricultural implements, total income from individual estates - basis for tax assessment
1215
Magna Carta
1302
Unam sanctam
