The disastrous feast at Werla
Ekkehard of Meißen’s appropriation of the feast prepared for the sisters of the late emperor Otto III was a turning point in the succession contest to determine the next ruler of Germany in 1002. Ekkehard’s arrival at the feast has been construed as an insult to the Ottonian sisters, marking the poi...
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Oxford University Press
2018
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