Question

How did West European monarchs and popes relate to the selection of bishops in the Middle Ages?

Kings deferred to the authority of the pope since it was a religious position.
Popes authorized whomever a king selected to be a bishop in their territory.
They coordinated to pick the person who was the best political and spiritual fit.
There were repeated power struggles between kings and popes over who made the selection.

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Answer 1

D. There were repeated power struggles between kings and popes over who made the selection.

Step-by-step explanation:

During the Middle Ages, the appointment of bishops was a source of tension between monarchs and popes. Kings and emperors often wanted to appoint bishops within their realms as a way to exert control over the Church and its wealth, while popes sought to assert their own authority over Church appointments. This led to a number of power struggles between monarchs and popes over the appointment of bishops, with each trying to assert their own authority. This struggle was known as the Investiture Controversy. Eventually, the Concordat of Worms was signed in 1122, which established the principle that the pope would have the right to appoint bishops, but the king or emperor would have the right to invest them with their lands and temporal rights.

So the answer is D. There were repeated power struggles between kings and popes over who made the selection.

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Answer 2

They coordinated to pick the person who was the best political and spiritual fit.

How the West European monarchs and popes relate to the selection of bishops in the Middle Ages?

While the majority of countries worldwide and in Europe are republics (have a head of state who is directly or indirectly elected), the European Union still has seven monarchies, whose heads of state (a monarch) inherit their positions and often hold them for life or until they abdicate.

The majority of monarchies in Europe are constitutional monarchies, which means that neither the monarch, who is either legally prohibited from doing so, nor the monarch, who does not make use of the political powers bestowed upon the office by convention, has any influence over the politics of the state.

Bishops were initially chosen by the local clergy with the blessing of the bishops in the area. The bishops who oversaw the election and carried out the ordination "put a freshly elected bishop in office and granted his authority."