Resumen de La nozione della Renovatio Imperii Romanorum nel Chronicon di Titmaro di Merseburgo

Matteo Taddei

• This article examines the consequences of Otto III’s renewed policies based on the narrative performed by Thietmar bishop of Merseburg in his Chronicon and other contemporary sources. The concept of Renovatio imperii Romanorum is not taken for granted, so an analysis of the sources that insist on that notion is proposed, focusing on the way in which Ottonian policies have been received and spread in that precise historical context.