Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Wurzburg in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi (later Pope Honorius II) and the Diet of Wurzburg (1121) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V entered into an agreement that effectively ended the Investiture Controversy.
This record states: By the terms of the agreement, the election of bishops and abbots in Germany was to take place in the emperor's presence as judge between potentially disputing parties, free of bribes.
This record states: thus retaining to the emperor a crucial role in choosing these great territorial magnates of the Empire.
Following efforts by Lamberto Scannabecchi (later Pope Honorius II) and the Diet of Wurzburg (1121) in 1122, Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V entered into an agreement that effectively ended the Investiture Controversy.
This record states: By the terms of the agreement, the election of bishops and abbots in Germany was to take place in the emperor's presence as judge between potentially disputing parties, free of bribes.
This record states: thus retaining to the emperor a crucial role in choosing these great territorial magnates of the Empire.
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