A Catalogue of Persons Named in German Heroic Literature (700-1600): Including Named Animals and Objects and Ethnic Names

208 Pages·1973·20.3 MB·English

by  George T. Gillespie

A CATALOGUE OF
PERSONS NAMED IN GERMAN
HEROIC LITERATURE
A CATALOGUE
OF PERSONS NAMED IN
GERMAN HEROIC
LITERATURE
(700- 1600)
INCLUDING NAMED ANIMALS
AND OBJECTS
AND ETHNIC NAMES
BY
G E O R G E T. G IL L E S P IE
O X F O R D
A T T H E C L A R E N D O N PR ESS
19 73
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H E R B E R T A P P E L T S H A U S E R
ACKNOW LED G EM ENTS
T h i s work has grown out of my studies for the doctor’s degree of the
University of London, and I am sad that Professor Frederick Norman, who
encouraged me in this somewhat arduous task, did not live to see its com­
pletion, for it was by him that my interest in the field of Germanic and German
heroic literature was kindled in my student days at K ing’s College, London.
I owe an even greater debt to my tutor at K ing’s, Dr. H. H. K . Thoma, from
whom I acquired what knowledge of Middle High German I may possess.
I wish to thank M r. John L . Flood, also of K ing’s, who devoted much time
to reading this work at an earlier stage and prevented several errors, and
Professor P. B. Salmon of the University of Edinburgh, who kindly put his
Middle Dutch material at my disposal. M y thanks are also due to my col­
leagues at University College, Cardiff, for much encouragement and many
useful suggestions, especially to Mr. William B. Sullivan of the Department
of French, who helped me with the Anglo-Norman Romance o f Horn, and to
Professor Henry Loyn of the Department of History for reading the manu­
script. I am grateful to the staff of the library at University College, Cardiff,
for their unfailing help and courtesy in obtaining the various books I required.
Through the patience of the Clarendon Press editorial staff and the helpful
suggestions of its advisers the book has been greatly improved for the reader
and the bibliography made more manageable.
M y task would never have been completed without the constant encourage­
ment and support of my wife, who has, indeed, shown the devotion of
Kûdrûn.
G. T . G.
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