Ep. 32: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Hildebrand, not Pope but False Monk

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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TThe rise of the papacy since 1046 is almost linear. The popes throw off the chokehold of the roman aristocracy, they take over leadership of the church reform movement from the emperors, and by the end of the pontificate of Alexander II the Holy See has become universal with kings hailing the pope and not the emperor as their overlord. In 1073 Hildebrand, the eminence grise of the last 20 years ascends the throne of St. Peter. His view of the role of the papacy goes even further than his predecessors. We know this because he laid it out in one of the most remarkable documents of the middle ages, the Dictatus Papae. This ever expanding role of the papacy had to collide at some point with the other universal power, the emperor Henry IV. Letters are exchanged and words are spoken that set events in motion that will destroy them both. The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0. Homepage with maps, photos and blog: www.historyofthegermans.com Facebook: @HOTGPod Twitter: @germanshistory Instagram: history_of_the_germans Reddit: u/historyofthegermans Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans, Episode 32, Hildebrandt, not Pope but False Monk.
0:12.0	Before we start, I want to let you know that there is something to celebrate. It's now almost
0:19.0	exactly a year since I started working on the history
0:21.6	of the Germans. The first episodes came out on January the 14th, and your response, dear
0:27.3	listeners, far exceeded my expectations. Right now, more than 1,500 of you tune in every week
0:34.4	and download well over 3,000 episodes.
0:40.2	The podcast has reached almost 25,000 people.
0:45.3	When I started, I said, I would take the narrative all the way up to the year 1990.
0:50.2	And as you can imagine, there was one of these promises that were under the premise that would ultimately make sense and enough people were listening to it.
0:59.0	Well, with that much interest amongst you, it makes a lot of sense, and so the podcast will become a permanent feature in my life, and hopefully in yours.
1:03.0	Podcasting, as it happens, is a lot of work.
1:06.0	I spend roughly two to two and a half working days on each episode spread across the week.
1:11.6	Most of that is spent on research.
1:13.7	For instance, for this episode, I drew on six books on the salians,
1:18.1	three books on the papacy, four books on the medieval ages in general,
1:21.7	plus two contemporary chroniclers and the letters of Pope Gregory the 7th.
1:26.2	Writing, recording and editing
1:27.6	takes another 8 to 10 hours in total per week.
1:30.8	I mean, I'm not complaining.
1:32.2	That is what I call fun.
1:34.1	The only thing I do complain about
1:35.9	is the endless building work outside my window
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