Rahewin was an important German chronicler at the abbey of
Freising in Bavaria.
He was secretary and chaplain to
Otto von Freising
Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity".
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; he also continued the work of his master Otto von Freising, ''Gesta Friderici,'' books 3 and 4, between 1157 and 1160. Rahewin was also a poet. His style makes use of the ''cursus tardus'' in which the stress falls on the third and sixth syllables from the end. He died between 1170 and 1177.
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German chroniclers
German male non-fiction writers
1170s deaths
Year of birth unknown
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