. The reform of the Catholic church named after Pope Gregory VII, one of its most ardent promoters, is customarily defined in terms of the legal and administrative developments that accompanied the rise of the papacy between the papal election decree...

The Gregorian Reform was a series of reforms initiated by Pope Gregory VII and the circle he formed in the papal curia, circa 1050–1080, which dealt with the moral integrity and independence of the clergy. These reforms are considered to be named...