During the tenure of Pope Paschal II, he presented the idea of church divestment as a strategy for ending the Investiture Controversy. Obviously the clergy did not approve of this, since it entailed a significant loss of influence on their part. As a result the planned divestment of the church was not followed upon.
But what if, for some reason, Paschal II strategy gets put into action. This is really two questions; firstly how can the clergy be prevented from stopping Paschal II. Secondly, what possible effects would this have on the development of the Papacy and Europe as a whole?
What do you think?