The History of the Middle Ages Pt. 118

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The History of the Middle Ages Pt. 118
Victor Duruy
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U106). Henry V. (uo6).
— The Concordat of Worms (1122) ; End of the quarrel over Investi- tures.
Otto the Great had revived the empire of Charlemagne and had resumed the rights attached to the imperial crown ; among others those of using the ancient city the"l'm"*e?or o^ Romc as Capital of the new empire, of con- Henrv III. firming the election of the sovereign pontiff, ao39-io . ^^j ^^ exercising a great influence over all the affairs of the Church. Henry III., son of Conrad the Salic (1039),
...^^^ '^6 one of the German emperors who made the most of his power, and who best succeeded in making the imperial authority respected on both sides of the Alps.
He forced the Duke of Bohemia to acknowledge his supre- macy and to pay him a sum of money ; he reinstated Peter, the icing of Hungary, in his kingdom and received his hom- age for it. The two duchies of Lorraine had been united, but he separated them ; and when the duchies of Bavaria, Swabia, and Carinthia fell vacant, he felt sure enough of his power to re-establish the ducal office in order to give these provinces a more direct government, and one more capable of enforcing the truce of God, which was still only an empty name.


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