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The politico-religious struggle between Gregory VII and Henry IV is known as the Investiture Contest (or sometimes the Investiture Controversy) but was not limited solely to Henry and Gregory - other Popes/ecclesiastical figures and aristocrats were involved - nor was it even limited to their lifetimes. The Investiture Contest was an 11th-12th century development, and part of what is now often referred to as the Gregorian Reforms.

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