The Reforms of the Holy Roman Empire

Hildebrand was an ally of duke william's close adviser, bishop lanfrank. The two worked closely together in the past rooting out corruption and heresy. And as for this new pope, alexander the second, well, he was also an ally of hildebrand's. So that's what's going on with the church at this point. However, change is hard, and the secular powers were so upset by all this that the cardinals were forced to make the appointment at midnight and a different location.