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HI Pp. 129-134
Ch. 11 QUIZ
Question | Answer |
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the Duke of Saxony; was elected to act as king of Germany; started the Saxon line of kings | Henry the Fowler |
Emperor of the Romans; "gave birth" to the Holy Roman Empire | Otto the Great |
What line of emperors succeeded the Saxons? | Salians |
Under whom did the German monarchy reach its peak of power? | Henry 4 |
a few of the leading nobles who claimed the right of choosing king | electors |
means "red beard"; the first Hohenstaufen line of emperors | Frederick Barbarossa |
the single most powerful institution in western Europe | papacy |
the priests of the churches in Rome and other Italian cities | cardinals |
an ambitious monk who served as an adviser to the popes | Hildebrand |
Who greatly expanded the power and independence of the papacy by decreeing that the popes would be the priests? | Nicholas 2 |
AKA Hildebrand; the real power behind the papal throne for nearly 30 years; prohibited the custom of lay investiture | Gregory 7 |
the power of emperors and kings to choose bishops and other church officials | lay investiture |
The papacy attained the zenith of its power and influence under whom? | Pope Innocent 3 |
What sanctioned the doctrine of transubstantiation? | Fourth Lateran Council |
the belief that the bread and wine are miraculously transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ | transubstantiation |
a special court with power to inquire about and judge matters of heresy | Holy Office of the Inquisition |
clashed with the papacy by levying 50% taxes on the French clergy's annual income | King Philip the Fair |
an official decree by the pope | bull |
the act of moving the papal court from Rome to Avignon, France; was named this because it reminded some people of the 70-year period when the Israelites were taken captive by the Babylonian Empire | "Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy" |