Otto of Sankt Blasien

Otto of St. Blaise was a medieval Benedictine monk and chronicler of the late 13th century 12./frühen.

About his life nothing is known. The occasional identification with Otto Abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Blaise ( 1222 elected 1223 deceased) remains speculation.

Otto is attributed to the so-called Chronicle of St. Blaise. This, written in Latin script is a continuation of the Historia de duabus civitatibus of Otto of Freising is (but merges Book 8 of the work) and portrays the events from 1146 to 1209, the year of the coronation of Otto IV The author, probably the most favored has has a good education, neither Staufen nor Guelph, but is loyal to the respective rulers.

Until 1160, the author drew Otto of Freising and his continuator Rahewin approach as a source, the works then used but are not sure to identify. However, the chronicler appeared to rely on good sources, which tells about his version of events in the southern German region of Italy, as well as trains. Overall, the Chronicle provides important information about the imperial history of the late 12th and early 13th century, but the work was hardly used by later historians.

Expenditure

• Adolf Hofmeister (eds.): Scriptores rerum Germanicarum in usum scholarum separatim editi 47: Ottonis de Sancto Blasio Chronica Notes: Ex Chronica universali Turicensi Excerpta. Hannover 1912 ( Monumenta Historica Germaniae, digitized )
• Franz- Josef Schmale (ed. ): The Chronicle of Otto of St. Blaise and the Marbach annals ( Selected sources on German history of the Middle Ages Vol 18a). University Press, Darmstadt 1998, ISBN 3-534-01419-7 ( Latin text with German translation ).