Walk to Canossa

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historical event penitential journey symbol of church–state conflict

Walk to Canossa refers to Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV’s penitential journey to seek absolution from Pope Gregory VII at Canossa in 1077, a dramatic episode symbolizing the struggle between secular and papal authority in medieval Europe.

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Label Occurrences
Walk to Canossa canonical 12
English phrase "Walk to Canossa" 1
Meeting at Canossa 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
penitential journey ⓘ
symbol of church–state conflict ⓘ
documentedIn letters of Gregory VII ⓘ
medieval chronicles ⓘ
writings of Lambert of Hersfeld ⓘ
followedBy renewed conflict between Henry IV and Gregory VII ⓘ
hasCause conflict over lay investiture ⓘ
excommunication of Henry IV ⓘ
struggle between papal and imperial authority ⓘ
hasConsequence continued political conflict after reconciliation ⓘ
lasting metaphor in European political discourse ⓘ
phrase "to go to Canossa" meaning forced submission ⓘ
hasContext 11th-century papal reform movement ⓘ
Gregorian Reform ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasEffect absolution of Henry IV ⓘ
humiliation of imperial authority ⓘ
strengthening of papal moral authority ⓘ
temporary reconciliation between Henry IV and Gregory VII ⓘ
hasInterpretation example of ritualized political humiliation ⓘ
victory of papal authority over imperial authority ⓘ
hasLanguageDesignation Walk to Canossa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: English phrase "Walk to Canossa"

German phrase "Gang nach Canossa" ⓘ
hasLocation Canossa ⓘ
Canossa Castle ⓘ
Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Hugh of Cluny ⓘ
surface form: Abbot Hugh of Cluny

Matilda of Tuscany ⓘ
hasParticipant Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
hasTime 1077 ⓘ
January 1077 ⓘ
involvesAction appeal for absolution ⓘ
penitential pilgrimage ⓘ
public penance ⓘ
partOf Investiture Controversy ⓘ
precededBy excommunication of Henry IV in 1076 ⓘ
relatedTo Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Dictatus Papae ⓘ
excommunication in the Catholic Church ⓘ
symbolizes conflict between spiritual and temporal authority ⓘ
medieval church–state struggle ⓘ
submission of secular power to papal power ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring 11th century ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ

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Investiture Controversy → significantEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Salian dynasty → notableEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Walk to Canossa → hasLanguageDesignation → Walk to Canossa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: English phrase "Walk to Canossa"
Council of Rome (1076) → followedBy → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor → notableEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Matilda of Tuscany → hostedEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meeting at Canossa
Canossa → knownFor → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Canossa → significantEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Gregorian Reform → significantEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
German phrase "Gang nach Canossa" → hasOriginEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Gang nach Canossa
German phrase "Gang nach Canossa" → derivedFrom → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Gang nach Canossa
this entity surface form: journey of Emperor Henry IV to Canossa
Canossa Column → commemorates → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Canossa Castle → historicalEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
Canossa Castle → influencedTerm → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walk to Canossa (political idiom)
Council of Worms (1076) response by Henry IV → followedBy → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Worms (1076)
this entity surface form: Walk to Canossa (1077)
House of Salian → notableEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ
House of Canossa → associatedEvent → Walk to Canossa ⓘ