abstract•peter erhart even became a family tradition, when Guntbert, then monk of SaintBertin, again set out on a journey to Rome in 868. Donations offered before departure and on their way help us to reconstruct their itinerary to Rome with stops at the monasteries of St Gall and Pfäfers, leaving traces in their Libri vitae. This ‘tour d’horizon’, despite the sparse tradition of the early Middle Ages, shows that many such journeys to Rome inspired writing. These contracts were never referred to as ‘wills’, but were intended to prevent conflict over inheritance. 128 “Going to Rome: Much trouble, little gain! The king you seek there, if you do not bring him, you will not find him. Great folly, great madness, great corruption of the mind, great insanity, – since it is certain that you will come to death – to be under the displeasure of Mary’s son!”
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