Henry renounced lay investiture, but prelates were to continue to do homage for their fiefs. |
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Ultimately, the issues of ecclesiastical homage and lay investiture forced Anselm into a second exile. |
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He also points to them often in the context of simony and occasionally in connection with lay investiture. |
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The council prohibited simony and lay investiture, declaring that no priest or cleric could accept a church from a layman. |
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At the Roman synod of 1075, Gregory signaled his determination to bring an end to the practice of lay investiture. |
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He did indeed go into exile rather than abandon his observance of the papal decree of 1099 condemning the lay investiture of clergy with churches and ecclesiastical offices. |
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Indeed, the struggle over lay investiture lent legitimacy to movements directed against imperial bishops. |
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There, amid an outcry to address Anselm's situation, Urban renewed bans on lay investiture and on clerics doing homage. |
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Hugh's duty was to preside at councils in Northern France, particularly concerning issues of clerical marriage, simony, and lay investiture. |
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