Ekkehard of Aura - Definition and Overview

Ekkehard of Aura (died 1126) was the Abbot of Aura (a monastery founded by Otto, Bishop of Bamberg, on the Franconian Saale river, near Bad Kissingen, Bavaria) from 1108. A Benedictine monk and chronicler, he made updates to the World Chronicle (Chronicon universale) of Frutolf of Michelsberg adding important German history between 1098 and 1125 during the reign of Emperor Henry V, in which he sided strongly with the papacy in the Investiture Controversy. He was a participant in the Crusade of 1101 (Lerner, 1989), and provided important source material for the German Crusade and the First Crusade.

References

• Ekkehard of Aura (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05371a.htm) from the Catholic Encyclopedia
• Albert of Aix and Ekkehard of Aura, "Emico and the Slaughter of the Rhineland Jews" (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1096jews.html) from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Ekkehard of Aura, Hierosolymita and World Chronicle (On the Crusades) (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/ekkehard-cde.html) from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• Robert E. Lerner, "Ekkerhard of Aura", Dictionary of the Middle Ages, vol.4, pg.417-418, 1989 ISBN 0684170248