Re: Imperial Diet
Surely I do not need to give the Austrian Elector a history lesson. The Investiture Crisis, as people are calling it, is well known to all educated citizens of the Reich. This is not some old or forgotten issue. Pope Gregory illegally disregards Kaiser Heinrich's rights to approve of the appointment of clergymembers. These rights are ancient and have been upheld for nearly a thousand years. They do not cease to exist simply because some poorly bred bastard in Rome says they do. Kaiser Heinrich has not given his approval for Gregory's appointment, as such his Papacy is invalid. Those who support Gregory are supporting nothing less than a revolt against the ancient order of the Christian Church.
(OOC: This is all based on the historical conflict between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory. Read the wiki article and you'll understand it's significance and why it's proper to have the Papal issue at the forefront of HRE politics at this time. Historically, Gregory won. CA actually based the starting order of the game on this, as reflected by the HRE's very low starting standing with the Pope and by Rome being one the HRE's victory conditions. Remember, both Henry IV (Heinrich) and Gregory are alive in our current game. Not likely that this issue would have been forgotten. Indeed, historically Henry V (Prinz Henry in our game) continued to fight the Papacy for the rights of Investiture and only gave them up late in his life.)
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