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Bishop Otto von Freising (c. 1112-1158) wrote the "Chronica sive Historia de duabus civitatibus" (cf. Clm 1003), probably the most famous Latin chronicle of the high Middle Ages. Completed in 1146, it was revised at the request of Friedrich Barbarossa and dedicated to the Emperor in 1157. In seven books focusing on historical upheavals ("mutations") Otto describes world events from the creation of paradise to the catastrophic year 1146. The title alludes to the "two-kingdom doctrine" of Augustine (the God state and earthly kingdom of the devil). Otto accordingly adds an eighth book about the future apocalypse and eternal life to the "historical" account. The work is thus based on a large overall concept of the history of salvation, with which Otto completes the historiographical tradition of world chronology, so to speak. This 12th century manuscript (Clm 1001) originates from the Weihenstephan monastery and already contains later insertions (interpolations). It is not the original version, which is no longer preserved itself. Otto dictated the chronicle to his chaplain Rahewin at the request of the monk Isingrim of St. Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg from 1143. The work is preserved in 46 manuscripts from the 12th to 16th century, predominantly in south-eastern Germany. Datum: 2017
Author
Peter Czoik