Editing Matilda of Tuscany (section)

=== Matildine Donation ===
On 17 November 1102 Matilda donated her property to the Apostolic See at Canossa Castle in the presence of the Cardinal Legate Bernardo of San Crisogono.{{sfn|Goez|Goez|1998|loc=n° 73}} This is a renewal of the donation, as the first diploma was allegedly lost. Matilda had initially transferred all of her property to the Apostolic See in the Holy Cross Chapel of the Lateran before Pope Gregory VII. Most research has dated this first donation to the years between 1077 and 1080.{{sfn|Goez|1997|p=167}} Paolo Golinelli spoke out for the period between 1077 and 1081.<ref name=g1991/> Werner Goez placed the first donation in the years 1074 and 1075, when Matilda's presence in Rome can be proven.{{sfn|Goez|1997|pp=168–170}} At the second donation, despite the importance of the event, very few witnesses were present. With Atto from Montebaranzone and Bonusvicinus from Canossa, the diploma was attested by two people of no recognizable rank who are not mentioned in any other certificate.{{sfn|Goez|2012|p=166}}

The Matildine Donation caused a sensation in the twelfth century and has also received a lot of attention in research. The entire tradition of the document comes from the curia. According to Paolo Golinelli, the donation of 1102 is a forgery from the 1130s; in reality, Matilda made Henry V her only heir in 1110/11.<ref name=pg1994/><ref name="Golinelli"/>{{sfn|Golinelli|2001|p=62}}<ref>Paolo Golinelli, ''I mille volti di Matilde. Immagini di un mito nei secoli''. (in Italian) Milan 2003, pp. 20–21. {{ISBN|8871794206}}</ref> Even Johannes Laudage in his study of the contemporary sources, thought that the Matildine Donation was spurious.{{sfn|Laudage|2004|p=123}} Elke and Werner Goez, on the other hand, viewed the second donation diploma from November 1102 as authentic in their document edition.{{sfn|Goez|2012|p=87}}{{sfn|Goez|Goez|1998|loc=n° 73}} Bernd Schneidmüller and Elke Goez believe that a diploma was issued about the renewed transfer of the ''[[Terre Matildiche]]'' out of curial fear of the Welfs. Welf IV died in November 1101. His eldest son and successor Welf V had rulership rights over the House of Canossa domains through his marriage to Matilda. Therefore, reference was made to an earlier award of the inheritance before Matilda's second marriage. Otherwise, given the spouse's considerable influence, their consent should have been obtained.{{sfn|Goez|2004|p=375}}<ref>Bernd Schneidmüller, ''Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252)''. 2. edition (in German) Stuttgart 2014, pp. 150–152.</ref>

Werner Goez explains with different ideas about the legal implications of the process that Matilda often had her own property even after 1102 without recognizing any consideration for Rome's rights. Goez observed that the donation is only mentioned in Matildine documents that were created under the influence of papal legates. Matilda didn't want a complete waiver of all other real estates and usable rights and perhaps did not notice how far the consequences of the formulation of the second Matildine Donation went.{{sfn|Goez|1997|pp=168–170}}