Gervaise of Tilbury: Otia Imperialia: Recreation for an Emperor

Gervase of Tilbury's Otia Imperialia was written in the early thirteenth century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. This is the first English translation of this major medieval text which is both learned and entertaining, full of scientific and theological speculation and a wealth of accounts of folklore and popular belief.
Gervase wrote the "Otia Imperialia" in the early-13th-century for his patron, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV. It presents an encyclopaedic melange of cosmographical, historical, and geographical information and a wealth of learned and original accounts of folklore and popular belief. It also contains advice to Otto and pertinent remarks on the relationship between Empire and Papacy, together with scientific and theological speculation. This edition also includes Gervase's recently discovered "Commentary on the Lord's Prayer". Gervase was a voracious and eclectic reader; his many borrowings are identified in this-fully annotated edition.