A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . the coup detat of 1062, tocompass the overthrow of the too powerful prime minister. TheSaxons already threatened open revolt. In January, lOliii, thewidely ramitied j)l()t brokt; forth into action. At a diet held atTribur, the princes, with Hanno of Cologne, Archbishop Siegfriedof Mayence, and Otto of Bavaria, at their head, submitted to theking that he must either banish Adalbert from his court or cease to ARCUBISUOP ADALBEUT AND KING HENRY IV. 31 reign. The king, who was compelled to yield, always rememb
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . the coup detat of 1062, tocompass the overthrow of the too powerful prime minister. TheSaxons already threatened open revolt. In January, lOliii, thewidely ramitied j)l()t brokt; forth into action. At a diet held atTribur, the princes, with Hanno of Cologne, Archbishop Siegfriedof Mayence, and Otto of Bavaria, at their head, submitted to theking that he must either banish Adalbert from his court or cease to ARCUBISUOP ADALBEUT AND KING HENRY IV. 31 reign. The king, who was compelled to yield, always rememberedthe humiliation. Notwithstanding the banishment of Adalbert, thegovernment continued to be carried on in his spirit, only that, inplace of the statesmanlike archbisiiop, men of low condition, andlicentious young boon companions, had now the ear of the light-minded monarch, and boldly pronounced on affairs of church andstate. Saxony, in particular, where Henry mostly lield court, andwhose fortresses he occupied with strong garrisons, soon complainedloudly of the increased Fig. 1. — Seal of Henry IV. The king is seated upon a throne, which is withoutarms or back; below two arches. He wears the pearl-studded crown, and holdsin his riglit hand the sceptre surmounted by an easle, in his left the imperialglobe and cross. Legend: t DI GRA REX. (From Heffner, andan impression in the British Museum.) The records we have of this period are insufficient and unsatis-factory. Otto, Duke of Bavaria, is named as occupying the firstplace among the councillors of the king. Discontent reigned every-where, while Rome pushed her aggressions continually. In 1068, Hanno of Cologne had to appear as a penitent atRome ; with the Archbishop of Älayence and the of Bamberg,he was summoned to appear before the Lent synod of 1070, toanswer to the charge of simony. Henry IV. (Fig. 2), though heand his council were as defiantly guilty of the crime as tliey, left 32 CHURCH-R
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