Stefan Weinfurter
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Stefan Weinfurter was a German historian who researched the history of the Early and High Middle Ages.
Stefan Weinfurter, photographed by Ernst-Dieter Hehl in 2006
Stefan Weinfurter at an event of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Bernd Schneidmüller in 2017. A close collaboration developed between Weinfurter and Schneidmüller in Heidelberg.
Coronation picture from the Regensburg Sacramentary. Henry II donated the Regensburg Sacramentary to Bamberg Cathedral. Miniature from the Sacramentary of Henry II, today in the Bavarian State Library in Munich (Clm 4456, fol. 11r).
Investiture Controversy
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The Investiture Controversy or Investiture Contest was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops, abbots of monasteries, and the Pop
Henry IV begging forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII at Canossa, the castle of the Countess Matilda, 1077
Contemporary illustration of Henry IV (left) and Anti-pope Clement III (centre)
Henry IV requests mediation from Matilda of Tuscany and abbot Hugh of Cluny.
Enamel panel from Cologne figuring the investiture of a bishop (c. 1160–70), Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany