Daily Medieval

Yesterday I talked about the end of Crescentius II at the hands of Otto III, because he caused too much trouble in Rome even after having b...

After Otto III's coronation , he and Pope Gregory V (his cousin Bruno) summoned all the Roman nobility who had created such difficulties...

The latest scion of the Crescentius family was lording it over Rome and dominating the pope, John XV, who had been forced to flee Rome. Otto...

After the death of his mother, Holy Roman Empress Theophanu , the responsibility for the regency of Otto III (still only 11 years old) passe...