Download or read book Otto III written by Gerd Althoff and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in German 1997, this is an English translation of Gerd Althoff's penetrating study of one of the most enigmatic members of the Ottonian dynasty, whose eighteen-year reign spanned the years of his childhood. He died in 1002 aged only 21.