Otto III

By: Gerd Althoff, Phyllis G. Jestice (Translator)

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Paperback | 15 December 2002

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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. The son of the German emperor Otto II and the Greek princess Theophanu, he came to the throne at the age of three and was only twenty-one years old at the time of his death. Nonetheless, his reign had a lasting impact on both Germany and Italy for generations. In this book, 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.

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"Refusing to ascribe to Otto any consistent ideological or political program or to dismiss him as an unrealistic failure, Gerd Althoff has produced a controversial study of the Emperor that emphasizes the limitations and parameters of medieval kingship, focusing on the rules of play by which Otto and his contemporaries lived and acted. Thanks to Phyllis Jestice's translation, English readers are introduced not only to Otto and his age but also to the ongoing debate in German historiography concerning this most fascinating and enigmatic ruler." -Patrick J. Geary, UCLA; "Otto III is an excellent introduction to Althoff's vision of the Middle Ages, where power is exercised and communicated through ritual; where political players follow intricate and well-known-though unwritten-'rules of the game'; and where modern notions of 'policies' and 'ideologies' have no place. This book rightly challenges us to suspend our modern statist assumptions as we consider the nature of medieval rulership." -Barbara H. Rosenwein, Loyola University"

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Translator's Note	p. vii
Preface to the German Edition	p. ix
Preface to the English Edition	p. xi
Introduction
The Modern Assessment of Otto III	p. 1
Royal Rule and the Idea of the State at the End of the Tenth Century	p. 16
Central Questions and the Problem of Sources	p. 23
A Child on the Throne
Henry the Quarrelsome and the Disturbances over the Succession	p. 29
The Regency of the Empresses	p. 40
The Beginning of Independent Rule
The First Independent Decisions	p. 52
The First Italian Expedition	p. 59
The Encounters with Gerbert and Adalbert	p. 65
The "Revenge Expedition" to Rome and the Beginning of the "Roman Renewal"
The Fight Against Crescentius and the Antipope	p. 72
Otto III's "Idea of Roman Renewal" in Older and Newer Scholarship	p. 81
The Journey to Gniezno
Preconceptions and Preparations	p. 90
The Journey	p. 97
From Gniezno to Aachen	p. 103
The Last Expedition to Rome
"Government Business" on the Way	p. 108
The Gandersheim Conflict	p. 112
The "Ingratitude" of the Romans	p. 118
The Death of Otto III	p. 126
Building Blocks for an Assessment of Otto III: Observations, Insights, Open Questions
Demonstrative Ritual Behaviors	p. 132
"Friends" of Otto III and His Interaction with Them	p. 140
Dealing with the Heritage	p. 146
Abbreviations	p. 149
Notes	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 185
Index	p. 209
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