Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany

Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany

Modern historians rarely mention the presence of royal and aristocratic women at Canossa in January 1077. Yet contemporaries emphasised the important roles played by several women, including Matilda of Tuscany, Adelaide of Turin, Empress Agnes and Queen Bertha. This paper seeks to re-appraise royal...

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Main Author: Alison Creber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BraDypUS 2018-01-01
Series:Storicamente
Subjects:
matilda of tuscany
adelaide of turin
political diplomacy
middle ages
history
Online Access:http://storicamente.org/creber-women-canossa
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spelling doaj-997d1bffdaf74953afdf60e2f2131d0c2020-11-25T02:37:03ZengBraDypUSStoricamente1825-411X2018-01-0113110.12977/stor681Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of GermanyAlison Creber0King’s College London, Department of History, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UKModern historians rarely mention the presence of royal and aristocratic women at Canossa in January 1077. Yet contemporaries emphasised the important roles played by several women, including Matilda of Tuscany, Adelaide of Turin, Empress Agnes and Queen Bertha. This paper seeks to re-appraise royal and aristocratic women’s actions at Canossa in the light of gender studies, and also of recent scholarship on political diplomacy and mediation, in order to emphasise their centrality to political events in the eleventh century.http://storicamente.org/creber-women-canossamatilda of tuscanyadelaide of turinpolitical diplomacymiddle ageshistory
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Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany
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adelaide of turin
political diplomacy
middle ages
history
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title Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany
title_short Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany
title_full Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany
title_fullStr Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany
title_full_unstemmed Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany
title_sort women at canossa. the role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between pope gregory vii and henry iv of germany
publisher BraDypUS
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publishDate 2018-01-01
description Modern historians rarely mention the presence of royal and aristocratic women at Canossa in January 1077. Yet contemporaries emphasised the important roles played by several women, including Matilda of Tuscany, Adelaide of Turin, Empress Agnes and Queen Bertha. This paper seeks to re-appraise royal and aristocratic women’s actions at Canossa in the light of gender studies, and also of recent scholarship on political diplomacy and mediation, in order to emphasise their centrality to political events in the eleventh century.
topic matilda of tuscany
adelaide of turin
political diplomacy
middle ages
history
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