Concordat of Worms

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The Concordat of Worms was a 1122 agreement between the Holy Roman Emperor and the papacy that ended the Investiture Controversy by distinguishing between the spiritual and temporal powers in the appointment of bishops.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf agreement
historical event
medieval concordat
treaty
alsoKnownAs Concordat of Worms
surface form: "Pactum Calixtinum"
appliesTo Holy Roman Empire
between Holy Roman Emperor
papacy
category 1120s treaties
Documents of the Catholic Church
Holy Roman Empire
surface form: "History of the Holy Roman Empire"

Investiture Controversy
confirmedBy First Council of the Lateran
surface form: "First Lateran Council"
date 1122
defined distinction between spiritual and temporal powers in episcopal appointments
ended formal conflict over lay investiture between emperor and pope
field canon law
church–state relations
medieval political history
followedBy First Council of the Lateran
surface form: "First Lateran Council"
grantedToEmperor right to be present at episcopal elections in the empire
right to invest bishops with temporal authority
grantedToPapacy right to invest bishops with spiritual authority
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
impact clarified division of powers between emperor and pope
reduced secular influence over episcopal elections
set precedent for later church–state agreements
language Latin
legalForm concordat
limited imperial control over church offices
locatedIn Holy Roman Empire
party Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
Pope Calixtus II
surface form: "Pope Callixtus II"
place Worms, Germany
surface form: "Worms"
precededBy excommunications of Henry IV and Henry V
purpose to end the Investiture Controversy
relatedTo Gregorian Reform
Papacy
surface form: "Papal monarchy"
resultOf Investiture Controversy
signedAt Worms, Germany
surface form: "Worms"
signedBy Henry V
representatives of Pope Callixtus II
strengthened papal authority over episcopal investiture
subject investiture of bishops
relationship between spiritual and temporal powers
year 1122

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Concordat of Worms alsoKnownAs Concordat of Worms
this entity surface form: "Pactum Calixtinum"
Papal States event Concordat of Worms
High Middle Ages hasMajorEvent Concordat of Worms
Salian dynasty notableEvent Concordat of Worms
Walk to Canossa relatedTo Concordat of Worms
Investiture Controversy result Concordat of Worms
this entity surface form: "Concordat of Worms (1122)"
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor signed Concordat of Worms
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor signed Concordat of Worms
this entity surface form: "Worms Concordat of 1122"
Investiture Controversy significantEvent Concordat of Worms

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