Tag: Gregory VII

• 090 – Twilight of the Sardinian Judicates

  Before finally getting on to the 14th century, we see how the end of the 13th marked the beginning of the end of the Sardinian Judicates, before of course going back to look at what they actually were.

  A History of Italy

  June 11, 2020

  Barisone, Byzantine, Canossa, Constantinople, Gallura, Genoa, Gregory VII, Judicate, Liuprand, Logudoro, Massa, Pisa, Podcast, Saracens, Sardinia, Torres, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Visconti

• Matilda of Tuscany, the iron countess of Canossa

  The life and times of the most powerful woman in Italy between the 11th and 12th century who could have been Queen.

  A History of Italy

  March 5, 2019

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  Beatrice of Lorain, Boniface of Canossa, Carpineti, Cremona, Florence, Gregory VII, Henry IV, Henry V, Lodi, Lucca, Mantua, Marola, Matilda of Canossa, Milan, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Sorbara, Urban II, Victor III

• 046 – Matilda of Tuscany, the iron countess of Canossa, part 2

  We continue the story of Matilda of Canossa as  war breaks out with Emperor Henry IV. We then see yet another failed attempt at marriage, the end of the fight against Henry IV and how things went with his son and successor, Henry V while alone she tan one of the largest areas in Italy.

  A History of Italy

  March 5, 2019

  Bavaria, Bologna, Carpineti, Gregory VII, Henry IV, Henry V, Lambrusco, Lucca, Madonna della battaglia, Mantua, Marola, Matilda of Canossa, Milan, Modena, Montecassino, Monteveglio, Parma, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Podcast, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Sorbara, Urban II, Victor III, Well the fat

• 045 – Matilda of Tuscany, the iron countess of Canossa Part 1

  1046 – 1080 We look at the life of Matilda of Canossa, starting from the history of her family through her childhood, the humiliation of Canossa and to the start of the war against Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV.

  A History of Italy

  February 24, 2019

  Beatrice of Lorain, Bonifacio Attone, Florence, Godfrey the bearded, Godfrey the hunchback, Gregory VII, Henry IV, Matilda of Canossa, Podcast, Rome

• 041 – A Runaway pope and the end of the Fox

  1085 – 1087 After the turmoil of the papacy of Gregory VII, we see a pope that just didn’t want the job and follow the final years of the great Norman Robert Guiscard.

  A History of Italy

  January 12, 2019

  Desiderius, Gregory VII, Henry IV, Matilda of Canossa, Montecassino, Podcast, Robert Guiscard, Rome, Victor III