The Battle For Christendom | Video Documentary

Sources & further reading:

1. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire (Peter H. Wilson)

2. The Medieval Empire in Central Europe: Dynastic Continuity in the Post-Carolingian Frankish Realm, 900–1300 (Herbert Schutz)

3. Weinfurter, Stefan (1999) [1992]. The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition. Translated by Kaiser, Denise A.

4. Wolfram, Herwig (2006) [2000]. Conrad II, 990–1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms. Translated by Bowlus, Barbara M.

5. I. S. Robinson, Henry IV of Germany, 1056–1106 (Cambridge, 1999)

6. Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/The-Salians-the-papacy-and-the-princes-1024-1125

7. Wipo of Burgundy: Gesta Chuonradi II imperatoris

8. The Annals of Lampert of Hersfeld

9. Account by Hermann of Reichenau

10. Account by Bishop Erlund of Wurzburg

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Music:

Skyrim OST - Silence Unbroken

Antonio Vivaldi - Allegro Non Molto, Winter, The Four Seasons

Johann Strauss - Kaiser-Waltz

Crusader Kings III OST - Veni Vidi Vici

Mozart - Lacrimosa

Witcher III OST - Geralt of Rivia

Salve Regina - Templar Chant

Ottone HWV 15, Act 1

Crusader Kings III - The Byzantine Empire

Crusader Kings III - The Crusade Starts

Crusader Kings III - Dusking Sky Pt. 1

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This is the story of Pope Sylvester II, born Gerbert d'Aurillac: wandering monk, imperial tutor, cathedral canon, one-time abbot, Ottonian spy, siege engineer, archbishop, and pope. His remarkable rise was attributed to a pact with the Devil.

Sources & further reading:

- The Letters of Gerbert, With His Papal Privileges as Sylvester II

- The Abacus and the Cross (Nancy Marie Brown)

- A 10th-century Monk in the Caliph's Court (Nancy Marie Brown)

- Otto III (Gerd Althoff)

- Chronicles of the Kings of England (William of Malmesbury)

- The Wandering Scholars (Helen Waddell)

- The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization-Christian, Islamic, and Judaic-From Constantine to Dante: A.D. 325-1300, The Story of Civilization, 4 (Will Durant)

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This is the story of the Ottonians, the descendants of Otto the Great, who steered Germany and Italy through the dawn of a new millennium.

Sources & further reading: - Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire (Peter H. Wilson) - Otto III (Gerd Althoff) - Death and Life in the Tenth Century (Eleanor Duckett) - Warfare in Medieval Europe c.400-c.1453 (Bernard S. Bachrach, David S. Bachrach) - Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany (David S. Bachrach) - Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800-1056 (Timothy Reuter) - "Kaiserin Theophano: The political, economic and cultural deeds of a Byzantine princess who became empress of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation" (Emmanouel Economou) - The Complete Works of Liudprand of Cremona (translated by Paolo Squatriti) - Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Contexts, Identities, Affinities, and Performances (Brown, McMillin, Wilson) - A 10th-century Monk in the Caliph's Court (Nancy Marie Brown) - The Abacus and the Cross (Nancy Marie Brown) - Charting the “Rise of the West”: Manuscripts and Printed Books in Europe, A Long-Term Perspective from the Sixth through Eighteenth Centuries (Eltjo Buringh & Jan Luiten Van Zanden) - Age of Faith (Will Durant) - The Wandering Scholars (Helen Waddell)

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