The Concordat of Worms (In Our Time)
1122 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Concordat of Worms. This treaty between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire, signed in 1122, put an end, at least for a time, to years of power struggle and bloodshed. The wrangling between the German kings and the Church over who had the ultimate authority to elect bishops, use the ceremonial symbols of office in his coronation and even choose the pope himself, was responsible for centuries of discord.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1122
- First Crusade (1096)
- Anarchy in England (1135)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Genghis Khan (1162)
- Domesday Book (1086)
- Crusades (1095)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Capture of Jerusalem by First Crusade (1099)
- Reign of Henry II (1154)
- First Crusade preached at Clermont (1095)