Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (15): The Supremacy of the Pope: Gregory VII and the Papacy

VIEWS DURING THE THIRD PERIOD (750-1517 A.D.) THE SUPREMACY OF THE POPE GREGORY VII AND THE PAPACY (continued) VIEWS DURING THE THIRD PERIOD (750-1517 A.D.) THE SUPREMACY OF THE POPE GREGORY VII AND THE PAPACY (continued) At the same time Henry wrote to the cardinals and the Roman people to aid him in the election of a new pope. Roland, a priest of Parma, brought the letter to Rome at the end of February, as Gregory was just holding a synod of a hundred and ten bishops, and concluded his...