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... reforms to a successful conclusion faded when the Hussite peril was scotched by negotiation . The general apathy was demonstrated in 1434 , when Sigismund proposed to the princes a land peace embracing the whole of Germany . The ...
... reforms to a successful conclusion faded when the Hussite peril was scotched by negotiation . The general apathy was demonstrated in 1434 , when Sigismund proposed to the princes a land peace embracing the whole of Germany . The ...
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... reforms . He was , indeed , one of the greatest and most successful reform popes of the Middle Ages . Known as Hildebrand before he became pope , Gregory VII was born near Soana in Tuscany ( Italy ) about 1020 of a workingman's family ...
... reforms . He was , indeed , one of the greatest and most successful reform popes of the Middle Ages . Known as Hildebrand before he became pope , Gregory VII was born near Soana in Tuscany ( Italy ) about 1020 of a workingman's family ...
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... reforms. precipitate . Gregory's first concern was for reform , and he believed that secular rulers should support church authority in bringing it about . He had seen the beneficent results of the reform - minded emperor Henry III's ...
... reforms. precipitate . Gregory's first concern was for reform , and he believed that secular rulers should support church authority in bringing it about . He had seen the beneficent results of the reform - minded emperor Henry III's ...
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