Definitions:
King Otto I and Pope John XII
Why did popes and kings not get along?
- Pope begged for Otto's help in his struggle with the Roman nobles.
- Otto suported the pope
- Pope crowned Otto the Emperor of the romans in 962
Lay investiture: Appointment of bishops, abbots and other church officials
Excommunication: Bans a person from church membership. One of the powers of the Pope.
Interdict: Church punishment of an entire region, basically excommunicating everyone who lives there
Did any popes and kings get along?
Pope Innocent III and King John
Popes and kings usually didn't get along because each though they had more power than the other. For Example:
Yes, some popes and kings did get along, some even worked together.
For Example:
- Pope placed England under interdict meaning everyone living there was excommunicated
- To revoke the interdict King John had to become the pope's vassal and pay money every year.
Pope Gregory VII vs. King Henry IV
The relationship between pope and king
Charlemagne and Pope Leo III
- Concerned the issue of lay investiture
- Argument over who had the right to appoint bishops within the Holy Roman Empire
- Pope excommunicated the king but the king begged for forgiveness in 1077 and revoked his excommunication
- Pope Leo crowned Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans"
- Charlemagne protected the pope from his enemies in Europe.
- This established the precedent that only the pope could confer the crown.