Tag: Urban II

• 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

• 043 – A crusading we will go

  1095 – 1099 We see how Urban II took the investiture controversy to a whole different level and scored major PR points for the papacy with the first crusade.

  A History of Italy

  February 3, 2019

  Boemond of Taranto, Clermont, Constantinople, Crusade, Godfrey of Boullion, Henry IV, Jerisalem, Matilda of Canossa, Podcast, Rome, Tancred Hauteville, Urban II

• 042 – An “Urban” pope and an imperial soap opera

  1087 – 1095 We follow the start of one of the most famous papacies in history, that of Urban II and his fight against Henry IV alongside the countess Matilda of Canossa as things get personal, while the Normans try to sort themselves out after the death of Robert Guiscard.

  A History of Italy

  January 20, 2019

  Beomond Hauteville, Conrad of Italy, Eupraxia of Kiev, Henry IV, Matilda of Canossa, Podcast, Praxedis of Kiev, Robert Guiscard, Roger of Sicily, Urban II, Victor III