Middle+Ages+Documents

The Concordat of Worms was written in 1122 A.D. It ended the fifty year conflict of who appointed bishops; the pope or the Holy Roman Emperor. The conflict began when Pope Gregory VII banned the practice of lay investure, or the practice of the Holy Roman Emperor appointed bishops. Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV excommunicated each other because of this argument, called the Investiture Controversy. This document, named after the town where it was signed, gave the pope spiritual power over bishops, while the Holy Roman Emperor recieved financial power over the bishop, as it had the power to invest them with fiefs, or land.

//Concordat of Worms//. 1122. //www.vaticansecretacrhives.htm//. Web. 9 Nov. 2009. .