| 单词 | investiture controversy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinvestiture controversy attributive. Medieval History. Designating the contest between secular rulers and the papacy in the Middle Ages over the right to grant the benefices of a bishopric or other ecclesiastical dignity, as investiture contest, investiture controversy, etc. ΚΠ 1850 W. Turner tr. F. R. Hasse Life of Anselm x. 135 (heading) Anselm's return. The investiture-controversy [Ger. Investiturstreit]. 1851 E. S. Ffoulkes Man. Eccl. Hist. 339 Philip of France was excommunicated as much for his conduct in the investiture contest as for his incestuous union. 1931 Catholic Hist. Rev. 17 266 The papal policy in the so-called Investiture controversy was not new in the history of the Church. 2006 C. Lindberg Brief Hist. Christianity v. 68 The investiture struggle ended with a compromise between king Henry V and pope Callistus II. < as lemmas |
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