| Henry renounced lay investiture, but prelates were to continue to do homage for their fiefs. |
| At the Roman synod of 1075, Gregory signaled his determination to bring an end to the practice of lay investiture. |
| He did indeed go into exile rather than abandon his observance of the papal decree of 1099 condemning the lay investiture of clergy with churches and ecclesiastical offices. |
| Hugh's duty was to preside at councils in Northern France, particularly concerning issues of clerical marriage, simony, and lay investiture. |
| There, amid an outcry to address Anselm's situation, Urban renewed bans on lay investiture and on clerics doing homage. |
| He also points to them often in the context of simony and occasionally in connection with lay investiture. |
