How did the Westminster Agreement of 1107 settle the dispute between St. Anselm of Canterbury and King Henry I?

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Luca della Robbia: St. Anselm of Canterbury — St. Anselm of Canterbury St. Anselm of Canterbury (center), terra-cotta altarpiece by Luca della Robbia; in the Museo Diocesano, Empoli, Italy.

The dispute between St. Anselm of Canterbury and King Henry I regarding the Investiture Controversy—the conflict over whether secular rulers or the pope held the right to invest clergy with the symbols of their office—was resolved at the Synod of Westminster in 1107.12

Under the terms of the agreement, King Henry I renounced his claim to invest bishops and abbots with the crosier and ring, which were the spiritual symbols of their office. In exchange, the king required that these ecclesiastics perform homage to him before their consecration. This compromise served as a significant model for the later Concordat of Worms in 1122, which addressed similar tensions within the Holy Roman Empire.2