The German historiographer and philosopher of history Otto of Freising (ca. 1114-1158) was the first chronicler to treat religious and political events with artistic skill and vivid color and to depict them in their temporal as well as their...

c. 1111-1158 German bishop and historian who furnished the first written mention of the Prester John legend. Otto was present at a meeting in 1145 between Hugh of Jabala and Pope Eugenius IV when Hugh related the story of "a certain John, a king...

Otto von Freising (Otto Frisingensis) (c. 1114 in Klosterneuburg – September 22, 1158) was a German bishop and...

One of the most enigmatic verse narratives of the entire Middle Ages, the Middle High German novella Mauritius von Craûn, continues to challenge and intrigue modern scholarship.2 Although composed either around 1180 or as late as 1220/1230, the text was copied apparently only once...

Verna Freise 50 year resident of Arlington Heights Funeral services for Verna Catherine Freise (nee Schoenbeck), 87, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, at Lutheran Home & Services, St. John Chapel, 800 W. Oakton, Arlington Heights. Born July 28, 1916, in...