HIST-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Ministerialis, Semantic Change, Drang Nach Osten
3 Nov 2020
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An important shift in political practice came with conrad ii (1024 1039). Conrad, the founder of the new salian dynasty, strongly opposed the popular ecclesiastical reform movement of his time since he feared that it would lead to the establishment of a. This position estranged many of the higher clergy who had been the mainstays of the empire since otto i. The great magnates of germany, despite their supposed vassalage to whoever wore the imperial crown, held their principalities by hereditary right but steadfastly resisted the rise of such attitudes among their vassals, the lesser princelings, counts, margraves, and knights. Conrad championed the hereditary principle for these lesser nobles in the hope that, having won their support, he could use them to counterbalance the influence of the great magnates. But the most important aspect of conrad ii"s reign was the fact that it marked the turning point in church-state relations in germany.
