A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Otto, in Verona. They then proceeded ]; ^ ^, ^?*-- (^^*^ * ^ r Cappe.) by way of Ravenna to Rome ; and there, on the first Christmas holiday of the year 967, the young king receivedfrom the hand of John XIII. the imperial crown, which was thusdeclared in the most solenni fashion to be hereditary in the Saxonhouse. At that moment the empire seemed to be freed from all sub-jection to the church. It was Ottos own will and command whichmade his youthful son emperor, and the church in crowning himw^as only fulf
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Otto, in Verona. They then proceeded ]; ^ ^, ^?*-- (^^*^ * ^ r Cappe.) by way of Ravenna to Rome ; and there, on the first Christmas holiday of the year 967, the young king receivedfrom the hand of John XIII. the imperial crown, which was thusdeclared in the most solenni fashion to be hereditary in the Saxonhouse. At that moment the empire seemed to be freed from all sub-jection to the church. It was Ottos own will and command whichmade his youthful son emperor, and the church in crowning himw^as only fulfilling the order of her master. The hereditary emperor-ship had Ijeen established; and as a result, the German crown, too,necessarily became hereditary. Otto now determined to drive the Arabs from Lower Italy, anddesired to come to a peaceful understanding with the Greeks, as apreliminary step. Accordingly, in 968, he sent Bishop Liutprand,of Cremona, to the emperor Nicephorus ; but the envoy accomplishednothing, and was even imprisoned for a time. Berengariuss son, Vol. VIIL—17. 258 OTTO THE GREAT. Adalbert, appeared again in the field in Lower Italy with the allied forces of the Greeks andArabs. At this point arevolution on the Bosporusunexpectedly gave affairs apeaceful turn. NicephorusPhocas fell; and his cousin,John Zimisces, made hasteto become reconciled withOtto. The sixteen-year-oldTheophano, the beautiful,cultivated, and noble daugh-ter of the emperor RomanusII., was betrothed to OttoII., who was then eighteenyears of age. She receivedthe Greek possessions inLower Italy as her wedding was held atRome in the spring of fortunate thanCharlemagne, Otto hadgained a complete success,even in the south. He couldregard his life-work as fin-ished. His son, whose mar-riage with the Greek prin-cess entitled him to greatclaims for the future, stoodby his side as emperor andking to maintain and carryon the work. So Otto nowreturned at last to Germany,foratheart
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