John S. Ott
Portland State University
HST 101 - History of Western Civilizations
O-12

Competing Visions of a World Order:
Church, State, and Christian Society, c. 500-1100

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I.  Introduction: Leo and Charlemagne

The politics of a coronation: Empire and papacy in the Carolingian era

Some background: the Gelasian letter

People and terms: Pope Leo III (r. 795-816) and ***Charlemagne (r. 768-814); ***Emperor Constantine I (r. 307-337); Archbishop Ambrose of Milan (d. 397 C.E.); Pope Gelasius (r. 492-496) and Emperor Anastasius; the ***Donation of Constantine (composed c. 750-800 C.E.); Pope Sylvester I (r. 314-335)

II.  The beginnings of ecclesiastical reform in Europe: prelude to controversy

Henry III and Pope Leo IX (1049-1054)

The campaign against simony and in favor of clerical celibacy

III.  Henry IV and Gregory VII (1073-1085)

Origins of the antagonists--German and papal politics

The feud over investiture

Excommunication, denunciation, and an uneasy reconciliation at Canossa

IV.  Worms: compromise at last

People and terms:  German King and Emperor Henry III (r. 1039-1054); ***Pope Leo IX (r. 1049-1054); Peter Damian (d. 1072) and On priestly celibacy; Humbert of Silva Candida (d. 1061) and Adversus simoniacos (Against simoniacs); ***simony; ***Hildebrand/Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073-1085); Papal Election Decree (1059); Dictatus papae (Dictation of the Pope, 1075); ***German King Henry IV (r. 1054-1106); ***lay investiture; Canossa (town in the Italian Alps); ***Concordat of Worms (1122)