Otto III

About the author

Gerd Althoff is Professor of History at the University of Münster. He has written numerous works on tenth-century Germany, including, most recently, the book Die Ottonen (2000), which examines kingship more generally in the Ottonian dynasty. This is his first book to be translated into English.Phyllis G. Jestice is Assistant Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southern Mississippi and the author of Wayward Monks and the Religious Revolution of the Eleventh Century (1997).

Summary

Otto III (980-1002) was one of the most powerful rulers in Europe in the late tenth century. He is also one of the most enigmatic. Gerd Althoff provides a much-needed biography of this fascinating figure. In the process, he uses Otto's life to explain how in practice early medieval kingship worked.

Product details

• Authors: Gerd Althoff, Althoff Gerd
• Assisted by: Phyllis G. (College of Charleston) Jestice (Translation), Jestice Phyllis G. (Translation)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2002
• EAN: 9780271024011
• ISBN: 978-0-271-02401-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Germany, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE