After achieving his immediate objective of besieging Rome, Henry V withdrew his forces and returned to Germany. Although he had not fully conquered the city, the siege had weakened papal authority and demonstrated the emperor's military power.
The Investiture Controversy was eventually resolved through the Concordat of Worms in 1122, negotiated between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. The Concordat established a compromise where secular rulers retained the right to invest bishops and abbots with temporal symbols of their office, while the pope retained the authority to invest them with spiritual authority.
The Investiture Controversy was eventually resolved through the Concordat of Worms in 1122, negotiated between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. The Concordat established a compromise where secular rulers retained the right to invest bishops and abbots with temporal symbols of their office, while the pope retained the authority to invest them with spiritual authority.