Illustration of the Humiliation of Henry IV - in 1077 AD Protestant Holy Roman Emperor King Henry IV  waited 3 days and Nights in the winter on his ba

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Illustration of the Humiliation of Henry IV - in 1077 AD Protestant Holy Roman Emperor King Henry IV  waited 3 days and Nights in the winter on his barefoot wearing only a sackloth on his knees outside the Canossa where Pope Gregory VIII was with his Mistress Matilda of Tuscany to seek Absolution of his Excommunication from the 1810 Edition of The History of the Martyrs or an Authentic Narration of the Sufferings of the Church of Christ  in Every part of the World Volume II.

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