by Rudolph Wahl · Gustav Lübbe Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783404011926
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«Der Gang nach Canossa» is the historical work by Rudolph Wahl, published by Gustav Lübbe Verlag in paperback (394 pages, in German).
The work reconstructs the Investiture Controversy between Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, including the episode of Canossa (1077), where the emperor did penance before the pontiff. Rudolph Wahl analyses the tensions between the Holy Roman Empire and the Church, and portrays the protagonists of that struggle for power in medieval Europe.
Published in 1979, this edition bears the subtitle «Kaiser Heinrich IV. und Papst Gregor VII.» and belongs to the «Geschichte» series from Bastei Lübbe (volume 64030).
For readers interested in medieval history, in the conflict between Empire and Papacy, and in the symbolic value of the Canossa episode.
