Transcript: The Age That Forged Christianity And Its Reform

Article from:
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
Article date:
August 22, 2009
Author:
Copyright

GUY RAZ
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
08-22-2009
The Age That Forged Christianity And Its Reform

Host: GUY RAZ
Time 19:00-20:00 PM

Play Audio


GUY RAZ, host:

On to another Christian tale now. In the winter of 1077, Henry IV trudged through the snowy passes of the Italian Alps to the village of Canossa. When he got there, Henry had to stand outside in the freezing cold in front of Pope Gregory VII's castle. The pope had excommunicated him and Henry was seeking forgiveness.

Historian Tom Holland picks up the story from here.

Mr. TOM HOLLAND (Historian): (Reading) By the morning of Saturday, the 28th of January, the third day of the Royal Penance, Gregory had seen enough. He ordered the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: GOLFER OF THE WEEK : TOM HOLLAND.(SPORTS)
The Virginian Pilot;  June 4, 2001 ;     546 words ...TOM HOLLAND City: Virginia Beach Age: 53 Occupation: Lay Minister at First Baptist Church Norfolk; just retired as ... Murray Kevin Costner Drive for show Putt for dough TPC-Sawgrass The Belfry CAPTION(S): Color Photo TOM HOLLAND

Article: BUILDING A LIBRARY: The Trojan War by Tom Holland
The Independent on Sunday;  May 16, 2004 ;     623 words ... ... Wilkens' book, and wonder no more. It turns out that Schliemann, and Homer too, got it horribly wrong. Troy was in fact in Cambridgeshire all along. Tom Holland is the author of `Rubicon', shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize

Article: Phantoms on the front line Warrior ghosts helped Greek and Roman ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  June 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... confines of university classics departments, because its theme is a universal one: the impulses that drive men to go to war. Tom Holland's 'Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West' will be published in September by Time Warner Soldiers ...

Article: Tom Holland, a former RTC loan salesman, was ...
Real Estate Alert;  September 23, 1996 ;     285 words ...Tom Holland, a former RTC loan salesman, was recently hired to run JBS & Associates' newly opened Atlanta office. Holland's mandate ...

Article: Guest Column: Tom Holland left a lasting legacy in ...
Maryland Gazette;  April 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Linthicum lost a dear friend and advocate recently. Tom Holland, a board member with the Linthicum-Shipley Improvement Association for 23 years and a strong supporter of controlling airport ...

Article: Crushed by its own greatness; RUBICON by Tom ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... until the other day, had the 500-year history of the Roman Republic. I, therefore, owe a personal debt of gratitude to Tom Holland, not just for reminding me of the great figures who bestrode the Roman world like colossuses (colossi, I should say ...

Article: THE GREAT STRUGGLE BETWEEN POPE GREGORY VII AND HENRY IV CAN BE ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Tom Holland has gained a fine reputation as a writer on the ancient world, thanks to his two prize-winning books: Rubicon: The Triumph ...

Article: History Tom Holland enjoys an entertaining guide to ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  July 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History BY FRANCIS PRYOR HARPER PRESS, pounds 20, 330 pp T pounds 18 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 The more the study of the Middle Ages is run down, the more it penetrates into popular culture. The youth phenomenon of the past few years has been

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives