According to one of the participants, this site was chosen because it was on the way to Augsburg, to which he was headed, and belonged to his friend Matilda of Tuscany.
The Annales Lamberti, containing one account of the event that happened here, has been questioned due to assertions that its author, Lambert of Hersfeld, was known to make up facts and had a strong bias against one of the participants due to conflict over tithes in Thuringia. According to one of the participants, this site was chosen because it was on the way to Augsburg, to which he was headed, and belonged to his friend Matilda of Tuscany. However, the other sought him out, and stood outside this castle for three days in 1077 before Pope Gregory VII finally relented. FTP, name this site to which Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV came to do penance.
The Annales Lamberti, containing one account of the event that happened here, has been questioned due to assertions that its author, Lambert of Hersfeld, was known to make up facts and had a strong bias against one of the participants due to conflict over tithes in Thuringia.
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