Gottschalk of Aachen

This article is about the 11th-century German monk. For the 9th century Saxon monk, see Gottschalk of Orbais. For the 11th-century Slavic saint, see Gottschalk (Obotrite prince).
Laus tibi Christe, a sequence by Gottschalk

Gottschalk of Aachen (fl. 1071–1104) was a German monk, notary, poet and composer. A supporter of King Henry IV during the Investiture Contest, his writings laid the theoretical foundation for the state's anti-papal propaganda.[1]

  1. ^ McGrade 2010: "His vision of the relationship between the pope and the German emperor became the conceptual basis of imperial propaganda". Robinson 1999, p. 11: he "was the first royal supporter to formulate a theoretical defence of Henry IV's kingship. The arguments presented in his polemics of 1076 continued to influence 'state propaganda' for the rest of the century."