Tag: Henry III

• 036 – Introducing a beard, a hunchback and Matilda

  1052 – 1061 Bonifacio Attone of Canossa dies leaving his wife Beatrice and stepdaughter to first look to the pope and then marry Godfrey the Bearded while in the backgrounds a couple of popes come and go and we also see a change of emperors.

  A History of Italy

  November 28, 2018

  Florence, Godfrey the bearded, Godfrey the hunchback, Henry III, Henry IV, Matilda of Canossa, Po, Podcast

• 035 – The lion, the fox and the Great Schism

  1047 – 1054 Once pope Leo IX takes power, we follow his rather disastrous decision to challenge the Normans and Robert Guiscard. After that, we have a quick look at the start of the Great East- West Schism.

  A History of Italy

  November 21, 2018

  Argiro, Bonifacio of Canossa, Great Schism, Guaimar of Salerno, Henry III, Michael Cerularius, Podcast, Robert Guiscard

• 034 – Another Henry, too many popes and naughtiness in the church

  1039-1046 We follow the descent of Henry III into Italy and see how he deals with the church as a reform takes route

  A History of Italy

  November 11, 2018

  Benedict IX, Canossa, Clement II, Conrad II, Guaimar, Henry III, Norman, Podcast, Rome