Exercises on the Church and Holy Roman Empire

The formation of the Holy Roman Empire took place in 962, in an alliance between the Church and the Saxon nobility, after Pope John XII crowned him as Emperor of the West:

1. Charles the Great.
2. Cucumber the Short.
3. Otto I.
4. Carlos Martel.
5. Ricardo Heart of the Lion.

The Holy Roman Empire consisted essentially of the territories of two countries that only achieved unification into national states in the 19th century. They are:

1. France and Germany.
2. England and Portugal.
3. Spain and Italy.
4. Germany and Italy.
5. Portugal and Spain.

One of the characteristics of the Holy Roman Empire was the autonomy granted to its component kingdoms, as a condition for the recognition of the Emperor. However, the power exercised by the local rulers led to a conflict between the pope and the emperor, as it was the latter who appointed and sold various ecclesiastical offices. This conflict became known as:

1. Sale of Indulgences.
2. Investiture Quarrel.
3. Worms Concordat.
4. Worms Diet.

Regarding the history of the Holy Roman Empire, correlate the facts in the left column with the definitions in the right column.

The alternative that indicates the correct relationship between the columns is the letter:

1. a-III; b-IV; c-I; d-II.
2. a-II; b-III; c-IV; d-I.
3. a-IV; b-II; c-IV; d-III
4. a-I; b-IV; c-II; d-III.

Letter C . Otto I was crowned Emperor after leading the Saxon nobility and managing to annex Lotharingia.

Letter D . The division of the Holy Roman Empire into several kingdoms prevented unification into National States at the same time that it occurred in other Western European countries, such as Portugal, Spain, France and England. This situation would only change with the unification of German and Italian in the 19th century.

Letter B . The Investiture Quarrel concerned the pope's attempt to regain the power to appoint bishops, an act known as investiture, since within the Holy Empire it was being performed by the Emperor.

Letter A .