Miniature of Matilda of Tuscany from the frontispiece of Donizo's Vita Mathildis (Codex Vat. Lat. 4922, fol. 7v.). Matilda is depicted seated. On her right, Donizo presents her with a copy his work, on her left is a man with a sword (possibly her man-at-arms).
Donizo (also Domnizo, Donizone) of Canossa, was an Italian monk and author in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. His work is an important source on Matilda of Tuscany and her dynasty, and also on Gregorian Reform and the Investiture Controversy more generally.
Donizo (also Domnizo, Donizone) of Canossa, was an Italian monk and author in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. His work is an important source...
1977, pp. 213–236. Donizo, Vita Mathildis, ch. II, v. 1250–1256. Donizo, Vita Mathildis, ch. II, v. 1257. Goez 1997, p. 194. Donizo, Vita Mathildis, edited...
940) was a Lombard nobleman and the progenitor of the House of Canossa. Donizo, the 12th-century biographer of the Canossa dynasty, refers to Sigifred...
Richilda married her second husband, Boniface of Tuscany. According to Donizo, who was the biographer of Matilda of Canossa (Boniface's daughter by his...
this story, based on a reference to the death of one of Henry’s sons in Donizo’s Vita Mathildis (written c.1115). Since Henry’s children by his first wife...
Modena and Reggio Emilia is the poem written in the 12th century by the monk Donizo of Canossa, although the word "balsamic" is never mentioned. The first testimonies...
A miniature of Beatrice from the early twelfth-century manuscript of Donizo's Vita Mathildis (Codex Vat. Lat. 4922, fol. 30v.). The script at the top reads:...
Vol. 12, A&C Black, 1995, p. 44 The story is told by the contemporary, Donizo, "Vita Mathildis" lines 965-1006, in Pertz, Monumenta Germaniae Historica...
contemporary sources discuss Arduin's role in the siege of Canossa, including Donizo's Vita Mathildis. Arduin later cultivated a marital alliance with Adalbert...
2014-08-24 at the Wayback Machine at www.harzregion.de. Accessed on 4 Oct 2011. Donizo of Canossa (A.D. 968). vita Mathildis (A.D. 968), the biography of Matilda...
Crusade, edited by the French historians Edmund Martène and Ursin Durand. Donizo of Canossa: Life of countess Matilda (Vita Mathildis Comitissae) in verse...
warrior: he found contemporary parallels – Galbert of Bruges' chronicle and Donizo's Vita Mathildis. Consequently, descriptions of duels in medieval chronicles...
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