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## Historical Background: The Twelfth Century in Bamberg A death sermon preserved in a medieval Vita stands at the center of this examination. In the year 1139 in the city of Bamberg in Franconia (Southern Germany), one of the most famous bishops of this diocese was buried. His name was Otto; he ruled the diocese of Bamberg over thirty-seven years (1102-1139) and founded numerous monasteries and churches. He served kings and popes and was influential among his colleagues; he was a widely known and accepted prince of the Medieval Roman Empire. Surprisingly, and for the bishops in the Medieval Empire, unusually, he worked as a missionary in Pomerania, on the coast of the Baltic Sea in the 1120s-far away from Bamberg. In an inexhaustible way, he preached and baptized people there. He didn't shy away from a possible martyrdom but in reality never experienced it. His three Vitae contain a lengthy discussion about the missionary's strategies, debating whether it would be better for the success of a mission to be a martyr or an active (and effective) church leader. Which life is more valuable: a distinctive contemplative model-looking frequently to the afterlifeor a more active one in the

Author

Helmut Flachenecker

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2018

Language

EN