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Investiture Contest

GCSE History · key term

Investiture Contest

Definition

The conflict between the papacy and secular rulers over authority to appoint and install church officials, particularly bishops.

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Eduqas GCSE History · C100

Component 1

Yet the Investiture Contest also showed that papal power depended on cooperation, political alliances and the ability to withstand royal resistance. This contested authority forms important background to the papacy’s leadership of the Crusading movement.
Revise: Power of the Papacy

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Investiture Contest — Eduqas GCSE History Definition