A Summary of the Literatures of Modern Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain) From the Origins to 1400
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174, 175. XIIth and XIIIth CENTURY 351 30 Courtly Epic. Arthurian Cycle. Wolfram von Eschenbach. A Bavarian, b. cir. 1 1 70 (§§ 20, 31.) The most renowned German poet of the Middle Ages. Little is known of his life : he was at the Court of the Laodgraf, Hermann v. Thiiringen, from 1203, till the latter's death in 1217. Some time later he returned, it would seem, to his home, and there died, for he is buried at Eschenbach. According to his own account he could neither read nor write. He was a co...ntemporary of W. v. d. Vogelweide, with whom he became acquainted at the Landgraf s Court. An important place is assigned to him in the "Wartburg- krieg," and he is mentioned admiringly by R. v. Ems in his "Alexander" and in his "Wilhelm." Many later poets adopted his speech and style, and his influence is noticeable even in the pupils and copiers of Hartmann and Gottfried. Parzival (rhymed couplets), probably written before death of H. V. Thiiringen. Wolfram's poem has been called "Das Hohelied von Rittertum" (the "Knightly Song of Songs").
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