Matilda, Countess of TuscanyJohn Long, 1906 - 357 sayfa "Matilda of Tuscany (Italian: Matilde, Latin: Matilda, Mathilda) (1046? 24 July 1115) was an Italian noblewoman, the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy. She is one of the few medieval women to be remembered for her military accomplishments. She is sometimes called la Gran Contessa ("the Great Countess") or Matilda of Canossa after her ancestral castle of Canossa."--Wikipedia. |
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Sayfa 20
... possessed a lively imagination , listened with musical appreciation to the songs and poetic recitals of the guests who sought hospitality at the Castle . With ready ear and kindling eye she heard their accounts of stirring deeds of ...
... possessed a lively imagination , listened with musical appreciation to the songs and poetic recitals of the guests who sought hospitality at the Castle . With ready ear and kindling eye she heard their accounts of stirring deeds of ...
Sayfa 62
... possession of St Peter's throne . Hither , then , the procession wended its way through the dusty streets of Rome , followed by the deafening shouts of the holiday - loving citizens . The only heart which failed to participate in the ...
... possession of St Peter's throne . Hither , then , the procession wended its way through the dusty streets of Rome , followed by the deafening shouts of the holiday - loving citizens . The only heart which failed to participate in the ...
Sayfa 67
... possession of the throne . Both Hildebrand and the Cardinals considered it un- desirable to proceed with the election in Rome , for Conti had not yielded the tiara , in spite of all the persuasions and threats of the Bishops and clerics ...
... possession of the throne . Both Hildebrand and the Cardinals considered it un- desirable to proceed with the election in Rome , for Conti had not yielded the tiara , in spite of all the persuasions and threats of the Bishops and clerics ...
Sayfa 81
... possessed , we are told , a great profusion of dark hair , which was prevented from encroaching upon her intellectual forehead by a kind of tiara , or high comb , which confined it in massive coils on her shapely head . Her upper lip ...
... possessed , we are told , a great profusion of dark hair , which was prevented from encroaching upon her intellectual forehead by a kind of tiara , or high comb , which confined it in massive coils on her shapely head . Her upper lip ...
Sayfa 90
... possession of his patrimony , and in return for the favour which the Empress had shown him , he devoted himself to her cause . Regardless of his wife's feelings , he joined the party hostile to the Pontiff , 1 Lotharingia comprised the ...
... possession of his patrimony , and in return for the favour which the Empress had shown him , he devoted himself to her cause . Regardless of his wife's feelings , he joined the party hostile to the Pontiff , 1 Lotharingia comprised the ...
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