Otto III's symbolic gestures and their timeless message

Zdjęcie: Foto: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek


Before the Easter of the 1000th year, which was on March 31, the people of God throughout Europe lived in deep fear. The humbled men looked more kindly at the peasants, and the fearful peasants and plebes more generously shared their property with the mediocre and the wandering beggars. Each tried to purify his soul before the Lord's Day, which was to come 1,000 years after the birth of the Savior.