Ecclesiastical Politics and the Ending of the Investiture Contest: The Papal Election of 1119 and the Negotiations of Mouzon

Abstract

IN 1122, Calixtus II and Henry V reached a compromise agreement which ended the Investiture Contest. The agreement was contained in the Concordat of Worms and was ratified by the First Lateran Council in 1123. Scholars have always been interested in the origins and background of the concordat and have studied the connection between the affair of 1122 and earlier attempts at finding a solution to the contest between pope and emperor.' They have also been interested in the aftermath of the lengthy dispute, especially in its result in Germany and the Church.2 Up to now, histories of the first half of the twelfth century