Concordat of Worms
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The Concordat of Worms, also referred to as the Pactum Callixtinum or Pactum Calixtinum, was an agreement between the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire which regulated the procedure for the ap
Calixtus II
20th-century interpretation of a medieval king investing a bishop
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy
Henry V renounced his right to invest bishops and abbots with ring and crosier (pictured).
Investiture Controversy
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The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops, abbots of monasteries, and the Pop
Concordat of Worms
…abbots in the Empire. Signed on 23 September 1122 in the German city of Worms by Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V, the agreement set an end to the Investiture Controversy, a conflict between state and church over the right to appoint religious office holders that had begun in the middle of the 11th century. By signing…
Henry IV begging forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII at Canossa, the castle of the Countess Matilda, 1077
Contemporary illustration of Henry IV (left) and Anti-pope Clement III (centre)
Henry IV requests mediation from Matilda of Tuscany and abbot Hugh of Cluny.
Enamel panel from Cologne figuring the investiture of a bishop (c. 1160–70), Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany