In 1002, Otto III died at Paterno near Civita in Italy. With no direct descendants, the succession was fraught with tensions. Duke Henry of Bavaria caught the upstream.
Category: Medieval Biographies
Henry II of Germany – an autobiographical text
Following nearly a year of negotiations and wrangling, Henry II finally secured his position as King of Germany in the autumn of 1002. The following text is believed to have been personally dictatated by the King in January 1003 arguing his case
Gilles le Bouvier – French Chronicler from the 15th century
Charles Gilles le Bouvier (1355 - 1456) served as herald to the French King, Charles VII. In this role, he kept up the Grandes Chroniques while authoring several other important historical works.
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville was a renowned scholar, theologian, and archbishop who lived in Visigothic Iberia from around AD 560 to 636. He had a profound influence on education and scholarship in Medieval Europe.
Archbishop Wulfstan of York (c. 946/66 – 1023)
Wulfstan played a significant political role in Anglo-Saxon England at the turn of the first millennium and the events surrounding the political and personal demise of King Æthelred, and the conquest of Sweyn Forkbeard and Cnut the Great
Eric IV – Murdered Danish King c. 1216-1241
August 1250, Eric IV – also known as Eric Ploughpenny – was murdered on a boat and dumped in the firth of Schlei. His death was the culmination of ten years of civil war and the harbinger of a tumultuous period in the medieval history of Denmark.
Theoderic II, Euric, and Vectius – as seen by Sidonius Appolinaris
Theoderic II and Euric were kings of the Visigoths in Toulouse in the second half of the 5th-century. From the letters of Sidonius Appolinaris we possess precious biographical glimpses of these Goths and their counterpoise, Vectius
A Medieval Love Story – Abelard and Heloise
Abelard and Heloise loved each other. Their love affair, though, was so much more than just an act of carnal lust. It was also a relationship filled with charity and friendship. By delving into their love story, we may learn of a faraway world