Otto III
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Instead, the German historian argued, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III and Pope Sylvester II, desiring to live in the numerically significant year AD1000, fabricated a significant chunk of history.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2017
Like Otto III before his coronation, Henry had also at his side a man who was to wear the tiara and to confer the crown upon himself.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
The blame for the chimerical ambitions of Otto II and Otto III is usually thrown upon Theophano, that brilliant missionary of Byzantine culture and Byzantine political ideas.
From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)
Otto III invited Gerbert to come to court and cure him of "Saxon rusticity"; he deluged the complaisant tutor with Latin verses, consulted him in affairs of state, and finally promoted him to the Papacy.
From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)
The clock in this tower was the gift of Bishop Otto III.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)
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