WOMEN AT CANOSSA. THE ROLE OF ROYAL AND ARISTOCRATIC WOMEN IN THE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN POPE GREGORY VII AND HENRY IV OF GERMANY

Women at Canossa. The role of royal and aristocratic women in the reconciliation between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV of Germany

SHEARS Modern historians rarely mention the presence of royal and aristocratic women at Canossa in January 1077.Yet contemporaries emphasised the important roles played by several women, including Matilda of Tuscany, Adelaide of Turin, Empress Agnes and Queen Bertha.This paper seeks to re-appraise royal and aristocratic women’s actions at Can

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Investigating the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on basic semen parameters and in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the influences of SARS-CoV-2 infection on semen parameters and investigate the impact of the infection on in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes.Methods This retrospective study enrolled couples undergoing IVF cycles between May 2020 and February 2021 at Tongji Hospital, Wuhan.Baseline characteristics

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Iraq in the American strategy during World War II 1939-1945 AD

The research aims to highlight the position of Iraq in the American strategy during the Second World War (1939-1945) and the areas and aspects through which the United Drying Fan Assembly States of America sought to enter Iraq, taking advantage of the war and economic lost conditions that Iraq was going through, and the outbreak of the May 1941 upr

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