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Ottos's Chronicle, written in the mid 12th century, is a landmark text in medieval historiography. Combining history with philosophy and theology, he charts the history of humanity, particularly its suffering, from Adam onwards.
Bishop Otto of Freising, maternal uncle of Frederick Barbarossa, had already acquired a reputation as a major historian for his work the Two Cities before he began the official biography of the great medieval German emperor. Although The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa covers only the first eight years of Frederick's long and eventful reign, it illuminates that period when, as Professor Mierow says, 'Frederick's star shone most brightly. Succeeding to a disorganized realm, he restored order at home and prestige abroad; imperial control was reestablished in Burgundy, and an Imperial party in Italy.'.
Chronicle of events from the reign of Henry IV to the death of Conrad III in 1152 and the first eight years of Frederick's reign.
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