Hugh, sometimes called Hugh the Great or Hugh of Semur, was the Abbot of Cluny from 1049 until his death in 1109. He was one of the most influential leaders of the monastic orders from the Middle Ages
Hugh of Cluny, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Matilda of Tuscany
Urban II consecrated the altar of Cluny in the presence of Hugh
Matilda of Tuscany, or Matilda of Canossa, also referred to as la Gran Contessa, was a member of the House of Canossa in the second half of the eleventh century. Matilda was one of the most important
Hugh of Cluny
…Saint Hugh of Cluny Hugh of Cluny, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Matilda of Tuscany Born 13 May 1024 Semur-en-Brionnais, Brionnais (now Saône-et-Loire), France Died 29 April 1109 (aged 84) Cluny, Brionnais (now Saône-et-Loire), France…
Abbot Hugh of Cluny and kneeling Henry IV in supplication to enthroned Matilda of Tuscany
Adalbert-Atto of Canossa and his wife Hildegard surrounded by arches above their three sons Rudolph, Geoffrey (Gotofred), and the grandfather of Matilda, Tedald - Donizo's Vita Mathildis (Vatican Library, Codex Vat. Lat. 4922, fol. 20v)
The states of the Apennine Peninsula in the second half of the eleventh century
Miniature of Matilda from the frontispiece of Donizo's Vita Mathildis (Vatican Library, Codex Vat. Lat. 4922, fol. 7v). Matilda is depicted seated on a throne. On her right, Donizo is presenting a copy of the Vita Mathildis to her, on her left is a man with a sword (possibly her man-at-arms). The script underneath reads: Mathildis lucens, precor hoc cape cara volumen (Resplendent Matilda, please accept this book, oh you dear one)