Rome, 305

works banner for Crusaders, 297
Normans, 104

Matilda's army defeated, 204
brilliant victory, 244
courage, 210

devotion to St James, 337
exhaustive public works, 273
failure in health, 335

gifts to Hugh of Grenoble, 199
last illness, 338
library damaged, 258
love for Canossa, 277
Italy, 81

marriage opposed by Henry, 284
Marquisate, 31
organisation, 241

remains translated to St Peter's,
342

return from captivity, 43
sacrifices for the Church, 227
second battle, 86

marriage, 283
sortie from Canossa, 209
source of strength, 333
successful strategy, 242
triumphant entry, 89
vigilance, 192

Meeting of Saxon nobles, 193
Merseberg, Cathedral of, 197
Monte Cassino, 10

Abbot of, 256
description of, 60

Desiderius, Abbot of, 236
Gregory VII., last visit to, 233
Stephen IX. at, 45

Victor III. dies at, 266

Matilda in, 43, 305

Pascal II. returns to, 322

Popes crowned in. See Coronation

Rose Sunday, origin of, 294
Rudolph, Duke of Suabia, 193

character of, 197

chosen King by Saxons, 193
death of, 196

Gregory VII. sends crown to, 195
wounded by Godfrey of Bouillon,
196

SAINT Anselm of Aosta, 46

Anselm of Mantua, 92

Benedict, founder of Benedictine
Order, 10

Bruno, founder of Carthusian
Order, 268

Gregory I. the Great, 131

325

desert Henry IV,,

315

Simony, 4

of Lombardy, 106

encouragement of, 99
Henry III. denounces, 54
Hildebrand combats, 54
in England, 128, 292
in France, 55

in Germany, 69, 127
laws against, 99
origin of name, 28
Pascal II. on, 325
spread of, 53

Spires, Henry IV. at, 164

burial of Henry IV. at, 334
Cathedral of, 334
Henry IV. quits, 164

Henry IV. writes from, 174

St Angelo (see Angelo), 261
John Lateran, 62, 68, 71
John, Canons Regular of, 71, 105

TASSO, a Tuscan, 344
Terracina, Council of, 268
Tours, Urban II. at, 294
Tribur, meeting at, 162
Tuscans in Rome, 215, 261
Tuscany, Marquisate of, 31

birthplace of Hildebrand, 6
birthplace of Matilda, 15
Boniface, Margrave of, 15
death of Victor II. in, 59
Emperor Henry III. invades, 34
Henry IV. invades, 204, 217, 305
Henry IV. driven from, 310
Henry V. an ally of, 323
loyalty of, 307

Matilda, Countess of, 16

mourns for Matilda, 341
rulers of, 2

Urban II. in, 296, 298

URBAN II., CARDINAL OTTO-
Abbot of Cluny, 268

at Lucca, 296

character of, 268

chooses husband for Matilda, 281

contends with difficulties, 271
coronation of, 269

blesses Crusaders, 291

death of, 299

discouraged, 271

escapes from St Angelo, 286

excommunicates Philip L., 294

story of, 63

visits Germany, 58

Victor III, Cardinal Desiderius, 260
Abbot of Monte Cassino, 256
as patriot, 265
character of, 267