THE AGE OF THE OTHOS.--A.D. 911 TO 1024.
Prosperous state of Germany under her great emperors. The school of
Utrecht, the fashionable school of the German nobles. St. Bruno:
his education and after-career. Ratherius of Verona. The example of
Bruno imitated by other Bishops, who found and restore episcopal
schools. Poppo of Wurtzburg. Sketch of some early masters.
Wolfgang’s school-days. St. Udalric of Augsburg. St. Bernward of
Hildesheim. His early school-days. He becomes Bishop of Hildesheim,
and restores the school. His disciples. Story of Bennon of Misnia
and his master Wigger. St. Meinwerc of Paderborn. St. Adalbert
of Prague. Anecdotes of these early schools, showing the nature
of their studies and discipline. The schoolmasters of St. Gall:
Notker, Radpert, Tutilo, and Ekkehard. Stories from their lives.
Duchess Hedwiga, and the Greek studies of St. Gall. Familiarity of
schoolboys with their masters. Anecdotes. Amiable character of the
monastic _Scholastici_. The career of Gerbert. His science and his
disciples. Guy of Arezzo. Hroswitha, the nun of Gandersheim. 254