Title

'Submission of Henry IV,

Caption

'Submission of Henry IV. At Canossa', (1077), 1890. Henry IV (1050-1106) King German King and Holy Roman Emperor, after being excommunicated, walked to Canossa Castle to seek absolution from Pope Gregory VII guest of Matilda of Tuscany, during the Investiture Controversy (1077). From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F25_118

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58,6Mb (2,1Mb) / 14,1in x 16,1in / 4236 x 4836 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian building people male interior man men religious arts country religion emperor monarch book guy steps castle royal medieval Christianity fortifications fortification step location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic inside begging literature royalty concept B&W humiliation MONOCHROME Day humiliated 19th century Pope Indoors black & white black and white B W Middle Ages Roman Catholicism Emilia-Romagna nineteenth century history historic The Print Collector 11th century courtier Holy Roman Emperor sovereign TGN Heinrich IV of Germany Holy Roman Emperor Pope Queen engraving portrait Eleventh Century Unknown Cassells Henry IV Edmund Heinrich IV Emperor Henry IV Co Cassell & Co Edmund Ollier Ollier Canossa Reggio nell'Emilia Pope Gregory VII Gregory VII Hildebrand of Savona Savona Hildebrand of Ildebrando di Soana Canossa Castle Investiture Controversy Cassell and Company Ltd Cassell & Company Cassell & Cassell's Illustrated Universal History Matilda of Tuscany Tuscany Matilda of engraving portrait