In 1077, the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry IV, asked the Pope, Gregory VII, for forgiveness during the Investiture Controversy, a conflict inspired, at least in part, by Gregorian Reform. While the Emperor was travelling to ask pardon, Gregory believed that he was going to arrest him, and hid in a castle at Canossa. Henry stood outside wearing only a hairshirt, barefoot in the winter snow, and asked forgiveness. Gregory denied him. Three days passed, and eventually the Pope was forced to forgive him.
Canossa, village in northern Italy, in the province of Reggio nell'Emilia, in the region of Emilia-Romagna.
An Etruscan, and later a Roman, town, Mantua was captured by the Lombards in the 6th century.
The Walk to Canossa (sometimes called the Way to Canossa; German, Gang nach Canossa or Canossagang; Italian, l'umiliazione di Canossa) refers to both the trek itself of Henry IV of the Holy Roman...
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