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Investiture Controversy
11th- to 12th-century dispute between secular rulers and the papacy
For controversy of the Prince of Wales investiture, see Controversy of the Prince of Wales title.
The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest (German: Investiturstreit, pronounced[ɪnvɛstiˈtuːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaɪt]ⓘ) was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops (investiture) and abbots of monasteries and the pope himself.
A series of popes in the 11th and 12th centuries undercut the power of the Holy Roman Emperor and other European monarchies, and the controversy led to nearly 50 years of conflict.
It began as a power struggle between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV (then King, later Holy Roman Emperor) in 1076.
The conflict ended in 1122, when Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V agreed on the Concordat of Worms. The agreement required bishops to swear an oath of fealty to the secular monarch, who held au