A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Dedicatory picture in an Evangeliary of ] The emperor on his throne in a great hall, with representatives of the Church and of personifications of countries anc History of All Nations, Vol. VIII., page S73. peror Otto III. Munich, Royal Library. ecular powers on either side. Four women—Eoma, Gallia, Germania, Slavonia—aspie, approach with offerings. OTTO III. IN ITALY. 273 exercised a strong influence upon him through his Greek teacher,the Calabrian Johannes, who was rewarded with the abbacy ofNonantu
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Dedicatory picture in an Evangeliary of ] The emperor on his throne in a great hall, with representatives of the Church and of personifications of countries anc History of All Nations, Vol. VIII., page S73. peror Otto III. Munich, Royal Library. ecular powers on either side. Four women—Eoma, Gallia, Germania, Slavonia—aspie, approach with offerings. OTTO III. IN ITALY. 273 exercised a strong influence upon him through his Greek teacher,the Calabrian Johannes, who was rewarded with the abbacy ofNonantula, and afterwards with the bishopric of Piacenza. ThusOtto III. grew up a stranger in the world which was to be hisfield of action, a despiser of the people the destiny of which wasintrusted to his hands. He was unable to comprehend the condi-tions by which he was surrounded, and with wliich he was toreckon, — a youthful fanatic who lived in a world of the imagina-tion. In his self-conceit he believed that it was his mission to healthe world of its ills, and to raise it from the midst of its imper-fection to the height of his own glorious ideal. The result wasthat in six years he undid thebeneficent work of three gen-erations. In 996 Otto took the reinsof government. Straightwayhe pro
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