Concordat of Worms

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agreement historical event medieval concordat treaty

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Concordat of Worms canonical 12
Concordat of Sutri (1111) negotiations 1
Concordat of Worms (1122) 1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Investiture Controversy → significantEvent → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Investiture Controversy → result → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordat of Worms (1122)
High Middle Ages → hasMajorEvent → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Papal States → event → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Salian dynasty → notableEvent → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
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
Walk to Canossa → relatedTo → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Concordat of Worms → alsoKnownAs → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pactum Calixtinum
First Council of the Lateran → confirmed → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
First Council of the Lateran → topic → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Henry V → signed → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Pope Calixtus II → notableWork → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Gregorian Reform → significantEvent → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Paschalis II → event → Concordat of Worms ⓘ
this entity surface form: Concordat of Sutri (1111) negotiations
States of the Church → event → Concordat of Worms ⓘ