The 1906 caption reads: "Henry Seeking entrance to Canossa. This complements a picture showing Pope Gregory watching the humbled emperor Henry at Canossa. This represents Henry as in his penitent garb he climbs barefoot up the rocky path, with his faithful servants. He lifts the heavy iron knocker upon the portal; and this first barrier will open for him, but only that he may stand alone in the snowy courtyard below." Pope Gregory VII excommunicated King Henry IV of Germany . Not wishing to bear the social results of the papal ban, Henry crossed Mont Cenis in the middle of winter to make peace
The 1906 caption reads: "Henry Seeking entrance to Canossa. This complements a picture showing Pope Gregory watching the humbled emperor Henry at Canossa. This represents Henry as in his penitent garb he climbs barefoot up the rocky path, with his faithful servants. He lifts the heavy iron knocker upon the portal; and this first barrier will open for him, but only that he may stand alone in the snowy courtyard below." Pope Gregory VII excommunicated King Henry IV of Germany . Not wishing to bear the social results of the papal ban, Henry crossed Mont Cenis in the middle of winter to make peace. Gregory was at the castle of Canossa, high in the mountains in north-central Italy and let Henry, clad in the thin robe of a penitent (as seen here), stand in the courtyard in 1077 for three days. At length, Gregory granted Henry absolution but only on humiliating terms of submission.
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