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Hrotswitha von Gandersheim
(935—1002)

Hrotswitha von Gandersheim was a Benedictine nun in the monastery at Gandersheim in Saxony, which was administered by abbesses of noble rank. Hrotswitha was probably of noble birth and certainly was more well-traveled and worldly than your average tenth Century nun. (She was perhaps a "canoness".).She wrote a history of Otto II Holy Roman Emperor... More...

German Federal Republic, 1973, «R» Motif

German Federal Republic, 1973.05.25, Bonn. Roswitha von Gandersheim