3_1ConflictsBetweenPopesandMonarchs

Conflicts Between Popes and Monarchs

Guiding Questions

• Why did popes and German emperors clash in the 1000s and 1100s?

• What were the causes and effects of the conflict between Henry IV and Pope Gregory?

• How did a strong monarchy emerge in France?

Reviving an Empire

• Otto the Great

• The Holy Roman Empire

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Multiple Select

Use page 108 of your text for reference. Which bodies of water bordered the Holy Roman Empire?

• Black Sea

• Adriaic Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• North Sea

Why Did Pope Gregory and Henry IV Come Into Conflict?

• Pope vs. Emperor

• A Ruler Defies the Pope

• Continuing Conflicts

Multiple Select

How does Pope Gregory try to destroy Henry IV's authority?

• Named a rival bishop for Milan.

• Claimed that Henry had supreme authority.

• Excommunicated Henry IV.

• Did everything the Henry wanted.

• Freed people from their feudal oaths.

How Did the French Monarchy Grow?

• Trade Increases

• King of France

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Multiple Choice

What factor helped increase the power of French kings?

• Acquiring large holdings of land.

• Increase of Trade

• Declaring supreme authority.

• Being nice to the popes

Quiz Time

Read each question carefully. Determine the best answer to the question from the four answer choices provided.

Multiple Choice

The struggle between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII revolved around the question of who had the right to

• select a successor to the Holy Roman emperor.

• appoint bishops in the Holy Roman Empire.

• serve as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

• grant fiefs to Catholic bishops.

Multiple Choice

When the Pope excommunicated Henry IV, it meant that the emperor

• was no longer considered part of the Church.

• lost his throne.

• would be put to death by the papal court.

• had to give up his property and land.

Multiple Choice

The Ottonian kings claimed to be successors to

• the pope.

• the Roman emperors.

• the Byzantine emperors.

• Henry IV.

Multiple Choice

The Concordat of Worms was a compromise that allowed Holy Roman emperors to

• appoint Church officials.

• name their own successors.

• create a Christian empire.

• grant fiefs to bishops.

Multiple Choice

The monarchy in France was made strong by

• Henry IV.

• Otto the Great.

• Philip II.

• Gregory.