Was the occasion for various initiatives in Italy and sessions at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds
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Matilda of Tuscany
Matilda of Tuscany, or Matilda of Canossa, also referred to as la Gran Contessa, was a member of the House of Canossa in the second half of the eleventh century. Matilda was one of the most important governing figures of the Italian Middle Ages. She reigned in a time of constant battles, political intrigues, and excommunications by the Church.
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politics · Margravine of Tuscany from 1055 to 1115 · feudatory · politician · aristocrat · margrave · also Matilda of Tuscany, Mathilda of Tuscany, Matilda of Canossa, Matilde of Tuscany, Matilde di Canossa, Maud d'Este
Born 1 January 1046 · Died 24 July 1115 · Q464162
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2006· 1 entry
Brought Matilda into the spotlight in the exhibitions in Paderborn (2006) and Mantua (2008)
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1998· 2 entries
In the series Diplomata, which the Monumenta Germaniae Historica published
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A year after his death, Fumagalli's biography of Matilda was published
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1991· 1 entry
Published a biography of Matilda, which appeared in 1998 in a German translation
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1978· 1 entry
Matilda's policy was "tutto legato al passato", completely tied to the past, i
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1965· 1 entry
And published in 1980 in an Italian translation
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1839· 1 entry
Heinrich Heine published the poem Auf dem Schloßhof zu Canossa steht der deutsche Kaiser Heinrich ("The German Emperor Henry stands in the courtyard of Canossa"), in which it says: "Peep out of the window above / Two fig
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1115· 1 entry
Died 1115-07-24.
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1046· 1 entry
Born 1046-01-01.
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