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Culture

Otto patronised the arts and learning, helping establish several cathedral schools that evolved into vibrant cultural centres. The first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Western Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet – Hrotsvitha – was raised in his court, where she grew up hearing the works of classical authors. As an adult, she became well-versed in the legal system, the history of the Ottonian dynasty, and their line of succession. Hrotsvitha was the first Northern European to write about Islam and the Islamic empire. When she entered a royal convent, she wrote plays that incorporated Roman comedy with the tales of early Christian martyrs.