Western Civilization
Outline #21
Professor Knight

Church and State in the High Middle Ages.

I.  The Big Picture
	Germany (Holy Roman Empire)
		Starts strong ends weak
	France (Capetian monarchy)
		Starts weak ends strong
	England
		Development of limited monarchy
	The Papacy
		Temporal victories, spiritual defeat

II.  The Investiture Controversy: The Holy Roman Empire and the Papacy
	Emperor Henry III (1039-1056)
		Appoints Reformist Popes
	Pope Leo IX (1049-1054)
	Papal Election Decree—1059
	Lay Investiture
	Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085)
	Emperor Henry IV (1056-1106)
	Gregory VII bans Lay Investiture—1075
	Excommunication
	January 1077—Henry IV goes to Canossa
	Henry IV excommunicated a second time—1080
	Pope Grigory VII driven out of Rome—1085
	Henry V (1106-1125)
	Concordate of Worms (1122)

III.  The Decline of the Holy Roman Empire
	Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190)
		German Feudal Baron
		Involvement in Italian Politics
		Holy Roman Empire gains Tuscany Sicily
	Frederick II (Stupor Mundi) (1211-1250)

IV.  The Medieval Papacy
	Lawyer Popes--Alexander III (1159-1181); Innocent III (1198-1216)
	Humiliation of Pope Boniface VIII (1303)
	Pope Clement V—moves Papacy to Avignon (1305)