The Papacy and Latin Christian violence, c.1071-1099 Flashcards
When was the college of cardinals that elected popes established?
1059
What was the power that popes claimed as Peter’s spiritual successor?
Petrine Authority
What was the conflict that erupted between papacy and German emperor?
Investiture
What was investiture about the control over the appointment of?
bishops
When did Henry IV resume appointing bishops to the anger of Gregory VII?
June 1075
Which archbishopric was the flashpoint for the papal and imperial conflict in 1075?
Milan
Which candidate did Henry IV successfully put forward as archbishop of Milan?
Tedald
Which candidate did Gregory VII unsuccessfully put forward as archbishop of Milan?
Atto
Where, in 1078, did Gregory VII forbid lay investiture?
Roman Synod
Where was Henry IV trapped between 1092 and 1097?
Verona
Who was recognised as a rival pope by Henry IV between 1080 and 1100?
Clement III
Who was pope between 1073 and 1085?
Gregory VII
Who was pope between 1086 and 1087?
Victor III
Who was pope between 1088 and 1099?
Urban II
When did Gregory VII offer to help Byzantium in response to Manzikert?
March 1074
Which mother of Henry IV did Gregory VII hope to recruit to aid Byzantium in 1074?
Agnes
Who did Gregory VII excommunicate in 1078 for usurping the Byzantine throne?
Nikephorus III
Which seized the Byzantine throne in 1081 and was excommunicated by Gregory VII?
Alexius I
Where did Henry IV beg barefoot for forgiveness in the snow for three days in January 1077?
Canossa
Which Norman leader did Gregory VII forge an alliance with?
Robert Guiscard
Which document, written by Gregory VII, laid out powers claimed by the papacy?
Dictatus Papae
What was the name given to laymen who fought on the pope’s behalf?
Milites Christi
Who was the most loyal supporter of Gregory VII in Italy?
Matilda of Tuscany
Who organised a papally backed expedition to Spain in 1073?
Ebles of Roucy
Which key city was captured from the Muslims in Spain in 1085?
Toledo
Which Spanish city did Urban II encourage Christians to rebuild?
Tarragona
Which ‘fanatical’ group revived Muslim power in Spain after 1087?
Almoravids