How did pope gregory vii check the power of the holy roman emperor?

a: by excommunicating him from the church
b: by exercising lay investiture
c: by removing him from power
d: by sending an army against him

Pope Gregory VII check the power of the Holy Roman emperor by:  A. excommunicating him from the Church

At that time, both pope gregory VII and the holy roman emperor were involved in a conflict/disagreement regarding whether the emperor had the power to appoint church officials.

The emperor believe that the king should have the full control over the church while pope Gregory VII believe that there is a limit of what the kings can do, especially if the king want to intervene with people's faith

ok sorry the answer is a. by their religion

1. the group that formally abolished the monarchy was the roundheads. after the monarchy was abolished, the english commonwealth was created. it was led by oliver cromwell, who later took the title lord protector. this leader was a puritan, meaning that he supported removing catholic rituals from the church of england.

2. identify a central idea in the bill of rights.

a.   the monarch could only exercise power as stated in the law.

3. ascended the english throne as   a joint monarch after accepting   the bill of rights   mary ii

appointed catholics as government   officials and recruited them in the   army

james ii

conquered ireland and established   the commonwealth

oliver cromwell

lost a long, bloody civil war against   forces loyal to parliament

charles i

was crowned king after a period   of commonwealth rule in england

charles ii

4. identify two effects of the glorious revolution on the english monarchy.

the idea of monarchs ruling by divine right was rejected.

a limited, constitutional monarchy was established.

5. what are two ways the bill of rights opposes the idea of the divine right of kings?

it stated that the monarch's power was subject to limits set by parliament.

it abolished the role of the monarch as the head of the church of england.