HIST110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Vivar Del Cid, Guelphs And Ghibellines, Teutons
5 Feb 2015
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Politics and the church in the high middle ages. Holy roman empire: 843, treaty of verdun. Last of the carolingians: louis"s descendants eclipsed by. Saxony, franconia, swabia, bavaria & the lorraine. Saxons were strongest of these led by: conrad of franconia, henry i (the fowler, otto i (the great), crowned h. r. e. Saxon or salian emperors: henry iii (1039-1056) (pro-papacy, henry iv (1056-1106) (6 years old) Faced setbacks at hands of german dukes. Pope gregory vii challenged his imperial authority through the investiture controversy: humiliated at canossa, 1083, henry captured rome & sent gregory into exile, 1122, matters settled by concordat of worms. The hohenstaufen emperors: welfs (guelf) vs hohenstaufens. /red beard: pope and lombard league seized control of northern italy. Frederick ii (1215-1250: pope excommunicated frederick for losses in holy land (crusades, frederick persuaded islamic leaders to grant jerusalem to christians, excommunicated again. Conrad iv (1250-1254: last hohenstaufen emperor, defeated by pope"s alliance in naples 1254.
