From Investiture to Worms
European Development and the Rise of Political Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8032717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Bueno De Mesquita (0000-0001-8582-8330, New York University), Ethan Bueno De Mesquita (0000-0002-7960-4565, University of Chicago) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 876-891 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3816 • E-ISSN: 1468-2508 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/723986 |
| OpenAlex | W4317857471 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 20 |
The endogenous consequences of competition between the Roman Catholic Church and lay political rulers set into motion by the Investiture Controversy contribute new insights into European economic, political, and religious development. The resolution of the Investiture Controversy in the concordats of London (1107), Paris (1107), and Worms (1122) resulted in an increase in the bargaining power of lay rulers over the selection of bishops in wealthier dioceses relative to poorer dioceses. Empirical evidence exploiting the timing of the adoption of the concordats interacted with a variety of time-invariant measures of diocesan wealth yields results consistent with this account—adoption of the concordats led bishops to become more aligned with lay political authorities in wealthier dioceses relative to poorer dioceses. These findings suggest the incentives created by the concordats played a role, hundreds of years before the Protestant Reformation, in the rise of lay political authority and its association with economic prosperity
Bishops · Economics · Incentive · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prosperity · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Religion and Society Interactions
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| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |