CANOSSA

känôsˈsä, village, in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, in the Apennines. There are ruins of the 10th-century castle of the powerful feudal family that took its name from the place. In the 10th and 11th cent. they ruled over much of Tuscany and Emilia. Matilda, countess of Tuscany, was the last of the family. In Jan., 1077, the castle was the scene of penance done by Emperor Henry IV to obtain from Pope Gregory VII the withdrawal of the excommunication against him. The pope was Matilda's guest at the castle, and Henry is said to have stood three days barefoot in the snow before being admitted to the pope's presence. Henry was absolved, but the peace between him and the pope was short-lived. The political implications of this episode inspired Bismarck to coin the phrase "to go to Canossa" (i.e., to submit to the demands of the Roman Catholic Church) in the Kulturkampf.

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To the Glory of Her Sex: Women's Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts
Book by Joan M. Ferrante; Indiana University Press, 1997
...never wavers. The impregnable fortress of Canossa, which her family built and which symbolizes...besieged but never taken 1.279-429 . Canossa begins her role in the family history...help of a girl and a priest, it is to Canossa that she comes for refuge. The story...
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Henry IV of Germany, 1056-1106
Book by I. S. Robinson; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Constitutional History--Holy Roman Empire, Germany--Kings And Rulers--Biography, Henry--Iv--Holy Roman Emperor--1050-1106, Holy Roman Empire--History--Henry Iv, 1056-1106, Holy Roman Empire--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...there is no evidence that Henry saw Canossa in this light. Henrys kingship was not an issue in the negotiations at Canossa. 103 He sought only absolution: he...concessions demanded in Oppenheim or in Canossa. Henry probably regarded the penance...
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Rhetoric and Courtliness in Early Modern Literature
Book by Jennifer Richards; Cambridge University Press, 2003
Subjects: Conversation In Literature, Conversation--History--16th Century, Conversation--History--17th Century, Courtesy In Literature, Courts And Courtiers In Literature, England--Intellectual Life--16th Century, England--Intellectual Life--17th Century, English Language--Early Modern, 1500-1700--Rhetoric, English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Humanists--England
...does not look quite the same. For instance, Canossa is interrupted in mid-flow by the sceptical...thus exposes its aristocratic appropriation by Canossa (p. 40).26 Unexpectedly, Canossa modifies his initial position: he now admits...
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A Companion to Middle High German Literature to the 14th Century
Book by Francis G. Gentry; Brill, 2002
Subjects: German Literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History And Criticism
...alerted of the coming of Henry and stopped at Canossa. The meeting of Henry and Gregory at Canossa was the central moment in the con- troversy...does not adequately explain the meaning of Canossa. Indeed, the controversys outcome waited...
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The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939: Emancipation and Its Discontents
Book by Ritchie Robertson; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Antisemitism--Germany, Germany--Intellectual life--19th century, Jews in literature, Jews--Cultural assimilation--Germany, Jews--Emancipation--Germany, Jews--Germany--History--1800-1933, Jews--Germany--Intellectual life--19th century, Jews--Public opinion, Public opinion--Germany
...Bismarcks most famous utterance was: We shall not go to Canossa! It was at Canossa that the German Emperor Heinrich IV did penance before...Herzl responded to Bismarck with a poem called Nach Canossa gehn wir nicht! We shall not go to Canossa! which...
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Assumed Simplicity and the Critique of Nobility: Or, How Castiglione Read Cicero
Journal article by Jennifer Richards; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Castiglione, Baldassare--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Characters and characteristics in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Criticism, interpretation, etc., De oratore (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Nobility--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Book of the Courtier (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...3 In a familiar passage from book 1, Canossa is explaining the mysterious source of...unpremeditated. As Daniel Javitch comments, "Canossa proposes that sprezzatura is at once artifice...position on the social ladder. Indeed, Canossa goes on to advise that the ideal courtier...
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Cultural Clientelism and Brokerage Networks in Early Modern Florence and Rome: New Correspondence between the Barberini and Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger
Journal article by Janie Cole; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Art patronage--History, Michelangelo Buonarroti--Records and correspondence, Urban VIII, Pope--Records and correspondence
...Buonarroti family from the noble Counts of Canossa (close to the German Emperor Henry II...ancestor was a Messer Simone dei Conti da Canossa, who came to Florence as podesta in 1250...refers to a letter from Alessandro di Canossa to Michelangelo, dated 8 October 1520...
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Castiglione vs. Cicero: Political Engagement, or Effeminate Chatter?
Journal article by Susan Gaylard; Italian Culture, Vol. 27, 2009
Subjects: Castiglione, Baldassare--Works, Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Works, Courtiers--Criticism and interpretation, Courtly life--Comparative analysis, De Oratore (Nonfiction work)--Authorship, Diplomats--Works, Libro del Cortegiano (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Philosophers--Works
...the actual horse-riding required in Book One by Lodovico da Canossa, who insists that the courtier be an expert horseman and that...offers a key to understanding the final book. While Ludovico Canossa in Book One insists that the courtier simply be an excellent...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and the "gift" of Genius
Journal article by Ingrid Steffensen; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 32, 2009
Subjects: Architects, Architecture, Books, Design, Gifts, Writing
...consent), asserting that he "derived his origin from the Counts of Canossa" (Condivi 1). This disingenuous piece of information was happily perpetuated by Count Canossa himself, who acknowledged the famed artist as his relative much later...
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Circular Definitions: Configuring Gender in Italian Renaissance Festival
Journal article by Deanna Shemek; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995
Subjects: Italy--15th century, Painting, Italian--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Prostitutes--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Renaissance--Social policy, Sex role--History
...di Gaiazzo." Bandello, 2:742. 36 See Otis; Rossiaud; Canossa and Colonello; Larivaille; Ruggiero, 1985 and 1989. Though...39, ed. Denis Hollier, 233-47. Minneapolis, 1988. Canossa, Romano, and Isabella Colonello. Storia della prostituzione...
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The Gift of the West
Magazine article by Robert Louis Wilken; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, February 2010
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Forge of Christendom: The End of Days and the Epic Rise of the West (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...Reichstag and declared, "We shall not go to Canossa." By calling up the image of the German...Henry IV standing barefoot in the snow at Canossa in 1077, seeking absolution from Pope...medieval life against which the drama of Canossa took place. It is as though Holland wants...
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Gregory VII and the Politics of the Spirit
Magazine article by Robert Louis Wilken; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 1999
Subjects: Catholic Church--Government, Gregory VII, Pope--Philosophy, Millennium--Religious aspects, Religion and politics--History
...castle of his friend Countess Matilda at Canossa. Here the famous confrontation between...unforgettable was the confrontation at Canossa that it has entered indelibly into the...statesmen and religious leaders. Some invoked Canossa when Fidel Castro met the Pope in Havana...
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The Cuban Revolutions
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 1998
Subjects: Catholic Church in Cuba--Political aspects, Cuba--Politics and government, John Paul II, Pope--Travel
...years later, there was more than a touch of Canossa about the encounter of those five days beginning...undone. Or so I think, and so I pray. It is not Canossa. It is more decisive than Canossa. That was a power contest, and Henry IV eventually...
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Europe's First Revolution: The West Faces Increasing Tension with the Muslim World. to Plot a Course through This Turbulent Age, We in Europe Must Acknowledge Our History, and Come to Terms with What We Owe to Our Christian Past
Magazine article by Tom Holland; New Statesman, Vol. 137, October 13, 2008
Subjects: Christian-Muslim relations, Christianity and other religions--Islam, European history--Political aspects, European history--Religious aspects, Islamic militants, Religion and state, Secularism--Influence
...power would not give way to temporal: Canossa. It was here in 1077, amid the bleak...so he had ridden through the winter to Canossa to obtain it. After leaving the penitent...ultimately rank as waymarks on the road from Canossa. Secularism in its contemporary form...
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While We're at It
Magazine article by Richard John Neuhaus; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, October 2000
Subjects: African Americans--Surveys, British--Social aspects, Christianity--Social aspects, Muggleton, Lodowick--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nationalism--Social aspects, Seventeenth century--Religious aspects
...of Germany, featuring the latters standing in the snow at Canossa begging for absolution in 1077. Today the Chinese regime defies...appointing bishops to the Patriotic Church, and there is no Canossa in sight. On June 29, 1996, at the Jesuit house in Oxford...
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The Forgotten Art of Penitence
Newspaper article by Richard Grenier; The Washington Times, September 25, 1998
Subjects: Lewinsky, Monica
...penitent in the snow for three days at Canossa, in northern Italy, to beg forgiveness...with regard to penance and forgiveness. Canossa makes our own day seem a bit tawdry...three days on his knees in the snow at Canossa have altered radically our views of sin...
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Youth Group Leads International Day of Peace Celebration in QC
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 21, 2010
Subjects: Teenagers, Youth
...accentuate the call for unity, a Praise Dance number of the students of Canossa Academy in Calamba, Laguna and Dance Out Loud for Peace Ballet performed by their counterparts from Canossa School in Santa Rosa, Laguna were among the highly applauded numbers...
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Shalom's Founding
Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), January 20, 2011
Subjects: Christian Brothers College
...man of vision. Brother John Hogan died last Wednesday in the Canossa Hospital in Oxley, Brisbane, from cancer. Long-time friend...Resurrection to celebrate the life of Br Hogan, a member of the Canossa Community in Oxley, will be held in the Nudgee College Chapel...
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Beans & Leaves Coffee & Tea Cafe, 320 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove: Steve Justma
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 30, 2010
Subjects: Restaurants
...30 ($3). (847) 577-7733 or peggykinnanes.com. Penny Road Pub, 545 Penny Road, Barrington: 2 Fastjack, FMR, Canossa, A Great Awakening, Gas Mask Catalogue, What Friends are For, 6 p.m. Friday April 30, in the rock room; As The Seasons...
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Malay: Histourism in Hongkong
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 21, 2010
...P. like Dr. Ruby Gamboa Alcantara and us.Buhay Ka members asserted their existence when we had lunch with them at the Canossa School, where Lorie Ca ntilde;eza, one of its pioneers, was honored.Eventually, we went straight to the Philippine...
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encyclopedia articles on: Canossa  - 5 results

 
 
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Canossa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CANOSSA kanos sa, village, in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, in the Apennines...implications of this episode inspired Bismarck to coin the phrase "to go to Canossa" (i.e., to submit to the demands of the Roman Catholic Church) in...
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Matilda , Countess of Tuscany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...parts of Emilia-Romagna and Umbria, she controlled the most powerful feudal state in central Italy. It was at her castle at Canossa that Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV humiliated himself before Pope Gregory VII in 1077. Soon afterward Matilda made a donation...
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Gregory Vii, Saint
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...excommunicated (1076). The excommunication cost Henry much of his popularity, and in 1077 he humbled himself before the pope at Canossa . Gregory remained neutral in the civil war that followed in Germany but decreed (1079) Henry deposed when it became clear...
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Henry IV , Holy Roman Emperor and German King
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Alps in the dead of winter to seek absolution. By his humiliation and penitence he moved the pope to grant him absolution at Canossa in Jan., 1077. Despite the absolution, the rebel dukes were determined to depose Henry, and they elected Duke Rudolf of...
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Sanmicheli, Michele
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Campagna near Verona, the Petrucci Chapel in the Church of San Domenico at Orvieto, the Palazzo Grimani in Venice, and the Canossa and Pompei palaces at Verona. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with...


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