Editing Matilda of Tuscany (section)

=== Research history ===
Matilda receives much attention in Italian history. Matildine Congresses were held in 1963, 1970, and 1977. On the occasion of the 900th anniversary of the [[Walk of Canossa]], the Istituto Superiore di Studi Matildici was founded in Italy in 1977 and inaugurated in May 1979. The institute is dedicated to the research of all notable citizens of Canossa and publishes a magazine entitled ''Annali Canossani''.

In Italy, Ovidio Capitani was one of the best experts on Canossa history in the twentieth century. According to his judgment in 1978, Matilda's policy was "''tutto legato al passato''", completely tied to the past, i.e. outdated and inflexible in the face of a changing time.<ref>Ovidio Capitani, ''Canossa: Una lezione da meditare''. (in Italian) In: ''Studi Matildici III. Atti e memorie del III convegno di studi matildici (Reggio Emilia, 7–8–9 ottobre 1977)''. Modena 1978, p. 22.</ref> Vito Fumagalli presented several national historical studies on the Margraves of Canossa; he saw the causes of the Canossa's power in rich and centralized allodial goods, in a strategic network of fortifications, and in the support of the Salian rulers.<ref name="Fumagalli"/> In 1998, a year after his death, Fumagalli's biography of Matilda was published.

Of the Italian [[Medieval studies|medievalists]], Paolo Golinelli has dealt most intensively with Matilda in the past three decades.<ref>The most important contributions were published in a bundle in Paolo Golinelli's collection of essays ''L'ancella di san Pietro. Matilde di Canossa e la Chiesa''. (in Italian), Milan 2015.</ref> In 1991 he published a biography of Matilda,<ref name=g1991/> which appeared in 1998 in a German translation.<ref>See the critical reviews by Rudolf Schieffer, [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezension-sachbuch-das-weibliche-rittertum-in-voller-bluete-11313831.html "Das weibliche Rittertum in voller Blüte Markgräfin Mathilde wollte kein Mauerblümchen mehr sein"]. (in German) In: ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 24. März 1998''; Johannes Laudage, ''Historische Zeitschrift 268'', 1999], pp. 747–749.</ref> On the occasion of the 900th return of Matilda's meeting with her allies in Carpineti, a financially supported congress was held in October 1992 by the province of Reggio Emilia. The rule of the House of Canossa and the various problems of rule in northern Italy of the tenth and eleventh centuries were dealt with. The contributions to this conference were edited by Paolo Golinelli.<ref>Paolo Golinelli (ed.), ''I poteri dei Canossa da Reggio Emilia all'Europa. Atti del convegno internazionale di studi (Reggio Emilia – Carpineti, 29 – 31 ottobre 1992). Il mondo medievale. Studi di Storia e Storiografia''. (in Italian), Bologna 1994.</ref> An international congress in Reggio Emilia in September 1997 was devoted to her afterlife in cultural and literary terms. The aim of the conference was to find out why Matilda attracted such interest in posterity.<ref name="Golinelli">Paolo Golinelli "Le origini del mito di Matilde e la fortuna di donizone", pp. 10–52 in [[#c1999|Capitani 1999]]</ref> Thematically, arts and crafts, tourism, and folklore have been dealt with until recently. Most of the contributions were devoted to the [[genealogical]] attempts of the northern Italian nobility to link Matilda in the early modern period. Golinelli published the anthology in 1999.<ref name="Golinelli"/> As an important result of this conference it turned out that goods and family relationships have been ascribed to her that have not been historically proven.{{sfn|Golinelli|2001|p=56}}

In German history, Alfred Overmann's dissertation formed the starting point for studying the history of the margravine. Since 1893 Overmann placed his investigation about Matilda in several ''Regest'' publications.{{sfn|Overmann|1895}} The work was reprinted in 1965 and published in 1980 in an Italian translation. In the last few decades Werner and Elke Goez in particular have dealt with Matilda. From 1986 the couple worked together on the scientific edition of their documents. More than 90 archives and libraries in six countries were visited.<ref>See in detail on this document edition in Werner Goez "La nuova edizione dei documenti Matildici" pp. 21–27 in [[#g1994|Golinelli 1994]]; Paolo Golinelli: ''A proposito di nuove edizioni di documenti matildici e canossani''. (in Italian) In: ''[[Nuova Rivista Storica]]'' 84, 2000, pp. 661–672.</ref> The edition was created in 1998 in the series ''Diplomata'', which the ''[[Monumenta Germaniae Historica]]'' published. In addition to numerous individual studies on Matilda, Elke Goez published a biography of Matilda's mother Beatrice (1995) and emerged as the author of a history of Italy in the Middle Ages (2010). In 2012 she presented a biography of Matilda.

The 900th year of Henry IV's death in 2006 brought Matilda into the spotlight in the exhibitions in Paderborn (2006) and Mantua (2008).<ref>Christoph Stiegmann, ''Canossa come luogo commemorativo: Le mostre di Paderborn (2006) e di Mantova (2008)''. (in Italian) In: Renata Salvarani, Liana Castelfranchi (ed.): ''Matilde di Canossa, il papato, l'impero. Storia, arte, cultura alle origini del romanico''. Cinisello Balsamo 2008, pp. 42–51.</ref> The 900th anniversary of her death in 2015 was the occasion for various initiatives in Italy and sessions at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds. The 21st ''Congresso Internazionale di Studi Langobardi'' took place in October of the same year. This resulted in two conference volumes.<ref>''Matilde di Canossa e il suo tempo. Atti del XXI Congresso internazionale di studio sull'alto medioevo in occasione del IX centenario della morte (1115–2015), San Benedetto Po, Revere, Mantova, Quattro Castella, 20–24 ottobre 2015''. (in Italian), 2 volumes. Spoleto 2016.</ref> In [[Williamsburg, Virginia]] from February to April 2015, an exhibition took place at the Muscarelle Museum of Art, the first in the United States on Matilda.{{sfn|Spike|2015b}}