Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim

Hrotsvitha was born around 935, probably into the Saxon nobility, and entered Gandersheim young, a foundation linked to the Ottonian family. She was a canoness there and not a nun: vows of chastity and obedience, but not of poverty, which left her with property of her own. Her teachers were Rikkarda, then Gerberga, a niece of Otto I and abbess from 949. She wrote in Latin eight saints' legends in hexameters, a verse chronicle of the Ottonian dynasty and, around 973, the history of her abbey. She is attested alive in 973; the date of her death is unknown.

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• TheatreThe Plays of Hrotswitha of GandersheimDramataHrotsvitha of Gandersheim · 965LiteraturePublic domain