By I. S. Robinson
This can be the 1st publication in English dedicated to the German king and emperor Henry IV (1056-1106), whose reign was once the most momentous in German historical past and a turning-point within the heritage of the medieval empire (the kingdoms of Germany, Italy and Burgundy). The reign used to be marked by way of non-stop rebellions and fluctuating fortune. prior monarchs had additionally witnessed clash among crown and aristocracy, yet Henry IV's reign differed in that his conflicts might by no means be definitively resolved both via negotiation or via conflict. throughout the 1070s the younger king received a long-lasting acceptance for tyranny, whereas his statement of the crown's conventional rights over the imperial church aroused papal competition. The alliance among the German princes and the papacy haunted Henry IV for the remainder of his existence. He in the meantime, by way of turns opportunist and compromiser, committed himself continually to keeping the normal rights of the monarchy.
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