Walk to Canossa
1077 · Event
Emperor Henry IV stands barefoot in the snow at Canossa to beg Pope Gregory VII's absolution; emblem of the Investiture struggle.
On these timelines: The Papacy, Germany, Master, Italy (post-476 CE), Christianity
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