Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (27): The Supremacy of the Pope: The Papacy from the Death of Innocent III to Boniface VIII (1216-1294)

The elevation of Rudolf inaugurated a period of peace in the relations of the papacy and the empire. Gregory X had gained a brilliant victory. The emperor was crowned at Aachen, Oct. 24, 1273 (his furthering of the election of Rudolf. pf Hapsburg to the imperial throne): The place of the. Hohenstaufen was thus taken by the Austrian house of Hapsburg, which has continued to this day to be a reigning dynasty and loyal to the Catholic hierarchy. The elevation of Rudolf inaugurated a period of...