Practice question · True or false
The Concordat of Worms in 1122 removed rulers from the appointment of bishops entirely.
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- Read what each side was given: one confers a ring and staff, the other confers lands and rights.
- A bishop who holds vast estates from a king is not chosen without the king’s view being known.
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False
Why
False. Worms divided the act: the church invests with the spiritual symbols, the ruler with the temporal regalia. Since bishops held enormous lands and offices from rulers, and elections often took place in the ruler’s presence, kings and emperors went on determining most appointments in practice for centuries.
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