Leading Figures of The Ottonian Renaissance
- Bernward of Hildesheim
- Hroswitha of Gandersheim
- Otto I, Otto II, Otto III, and Henry II
- Hermannus Contractus
- Gerbert of Aurillac, pope as Sylvester II
- Theophanu
- Guido of Arezzo
- Liutprand of Cremona, author of Historia Ottonis ("The Deeds of Otto")
- Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne
- Widukind of Corvey, author of Res gestae Saxonicae ("The Deeds of the Saxons")
- Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich
- Egbert, Archbishop of Trier
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