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title: Henry IV at Canossa
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13710/henry-iv-at-canossa/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Henry IV at Canossa

_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_

## Image File

[![Henry IV at Canossa](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13710.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13710.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Henry IV](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Henry_IV/), Holy [Roman Emperor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Emperor/) (r. 1084-1105) submitting to Gregory VII at Canossa in 1077, study for a [fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Fresco/) by Federico Zuccaro, 1557-1609.

British Museum, London.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2021, March 22). Henry IV at Canossa. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13710/henry-iv-at-canossa/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Henry IV at Canossa." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 22, 2021. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13710/henry-iv-at-canossa/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Henry IV at Canossa." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Mar 2021, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13710/henry-iv-at-canossa/>.

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