German Empire and Feudalism

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German Empire and Feudalism
Otto the Great
Henry I
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FEUDALISM
Royal land grant feudum
Lord gave land for church and church property
manse
Lord (secular) appointed bishop or abbot
(invested)
Lay Investure
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Cluniac Revivals
Strong support for the ideal of sacred kingship
Supply of well trained civil servants
An army from the huge lands owned by the
monasteries
Efficient monasteries where the Cluniac monks
honored God and prayed for society
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CLEANSING OF THE PAPACY
Henry III
Hildebrand or Gregory VII
1059 Lateran Council

• Election of Pope by college of cardinals
• Strict laws against sexual sins, i.e. celibacy

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Church pilgrim becomes Church at rest
Church militant becomes Church Triumphant
Henry IV
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Clement III
Urban II
CRUSADES War of the Cross
Urban II at Clermont, 1095
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Peter the Hermit