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| small territories ruled by a powerful noble called a duke |
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| Elected in 919. Began the Saxon line of Kings |
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| Henry's son who was named so for his many victories |
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| Otto was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope, giving birth to the Holy Roman Empire |
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| The German monarchy reached the peak of its power under him |
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| Leading nobles that claimed the right of choosing the king |
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| The first of the Hohenstaufen line of emperors. Officially adopted the phrase "Holy Roman Empire" |
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| Frederick Barbarossa's grandson who entangled himself further in Italy |
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| Voltaire's statement about the Holy Roman Empire |
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| "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire" |
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| Decreed that popes would be chosen only by cardinals |
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| An ambitious monk who served as an advisor to the popes |
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| priests of the churches in Rome and other Italian cities |
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| Longed for a Christendom dominated by the Roman church and ruled absolutely by the papacy |
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| Conflicted with Gregory VII over his efforts to expand papal power |
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| The power of laymen such as emperors and kings to choose bishops and other church officials |
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| Where Gregory kept Henry standing outside the gate for three days in the snow |
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| The papacy attained the zenith of its power and influence under him |
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| a refusal of religious services |
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| sanctioned the dogma of transubstantiation |
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| Holy Office of the Inquisition |
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| a special court with power to inquire about and judge matters of heresy |
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| Levied 50% taxes on the French clergy's annual income |
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| threatened to excommunicate any layman who exacted such taxes and any clergyman who paid them without papal approval |
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| official decree by the pope |
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| Where Pope Clement V moved the papal court to |
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| Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy |
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| The pope and the cardinals came under the control of French monarchy from 1305-1378 |
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| formed by the rival popes and cardinals and not resolved until 1459 |
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