Question

The Concordat of Worms resolved the disagreement over lay investiture, which was when:

•the pope claimed the right to tax the lords.
•a knight claimed the right to fight in a tournament
•a secular ruler claimed the right to appoint bishops.
•a peasant claimed property rights to a lord's fields by right of plowing.

Answer 1

The correct answer is "a secular ruler claimed the right to appoint bishops."

The Concordat of Worms resolved the disagreement over lay investiture, which was when a secular ruler claimed the right to appoint bishops.

What King Henry V did was to hold an assembly in Worms, Germany, and issued the Edict of Worms. After some negotiations, the king reached an agreement with Pope Calixtus II to end the conflicts regarding the investiture of the popes. The king accepted to allow free elections so bishops could choose the pope without the intervention of the Holy Roman emperor.