Incipio

Ninth century AD: The Nova Corbeia monastery is commissionedto missionise pagans in Saxony. The young Benedictine monkJohannes from Franconia sets off on a dangerous journey intopagan territory as a courier under escort.On the way however he not only has to brave the dangers ofunruly nature and wild animals Brother Johannes also learnsa lot: he steers a wagon and a boat soon speaks several pagandialects and familiarises himself with the healing powers ofplants. It is not long before the young monk leaves the safe har-bour of the monastery to make his home on the high seas of life:A missionary assignment sends him to a pagan village settlementin inhospitable territory.