HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nicolaism, Investiture Controversy, Potestas
15 Dec 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The late middle ages (1000 1453: the gregorian reform and the investiture controversy, cluny. 10th cent: western europe wants to reform monastic life. Abbeys of cluny in france, gorze in ge = leading role. Purpose of reform movement = dual: restoration of monastic discipline, suppression of influence of the local secular lords. Many abbeys: doei influence of local sec lords w support of the emperor, pope and regional princes. Cluny: ++ influence, became example for religious foundations. 11th cent: ++ monasteries founded that recognized authority of the abbot of cluny. 1100: this abbot = head of ++ monasteries, was one of most powerful men in the west: the gregorian reform. In greg reform: papacy assumed to have leading role. Simony and nepotism = ecclesiastical variants of what secular rulers did w feudal inheritance so wanted to be different, better. Rome wanted to restore its moral prestige + set it apart from the rest of the population.
