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Pope Gregory VII was a reformist pope who strengthened papal authority and challenged secular rulers' control over church appointments. Pope Gregory VII was a transformative figure in medieval Christianity who dramatically reformed the Catholic Church during the 11th century. His Gregorian Reforms sought to eliminate clerical corruption, particularly simony and nicolaitism, while asserting papal supremacy over secular authority. The investiture controversy between Gregory and Emperor Henry IV exemplified the Church-state power struggle, culminating in the dramatic scene at Canossa where Henry stood as a penitent in the snow. Gregory's insistence on papal authority and clerical independence fundamentally altered the relationship between religious and political powers in medieval Europe, establishing principles that would shape Western political thought and institutional development for centuries to come.

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