Henry IV is the 11th C HRE emperor and Hildebrand is Pope Gregory VII The crossing of the Alps was part of the emperor's penitential walk to Canossa when the pope humiliated the emperor during the Investiture Controversy. Interesting to see such a reference in a 19th C russian report about the Tianshan.
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Henry IV is the 11th C HRE emperor and Hildebrand is Pope Gregory VII The crossing of the Alps was part of the emperor's penitential walk to Canossa when the pope humiliated the emperor during the Investiture Controversy. Interesting to see such a reference in a 19th C russian report about the Tianshan.