The churchPeople took a job in the church for many reasons. Some say it was to be more connected with God. Others say its for the power. The main reason is because they have a chance to move up in the ranks of the church hierarchy.
Pope Gregory and Henry IV had a long rivalry. Henry was the King so he thought that he should be able to pick the Pope because he disliked Gregory. Gregory disliked Henry and thought that as Pope he should be able to pick the King. In the long run they signed a treaty that did not last very long. Henry also got excommunicated from the church by Gregory and as King this was bad because the church was the center of life in the Middle Ages. In the end King Henry VI won this feud after the pope fled and soon after died.
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