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The Camden House History of German Literature Volume 3 German Literature of the High Middle Ages The Camden House History of German Literature Volume 3 The Camden House History of German Literature Edited by James Hardin Vol. 1: Early Germanic Literature and Culture Edited by Brian Murdoch and Malcolm Read, University of Stirling, UK Vol. 2: German Literature of the Early Middle Ages Edited by Brian Murdoch, University of Stirling, UK Vol. 3: German Literature of the High Middle Ages Edited by Will Hasty, University of Florida Vol. 4: Early Modern German Literature Edited by Max Reinhart, University of Georgia Vol. 5: German Literature of the Eighteenth Century: The Enlightenment and Sensibility Edited by Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Ohio State University Vol. 6: Literature of the Sturm und Drang Edited by David Hill, University of Birmingham, UK Vol. 7: The Literature of Weimar Classicism Edited by Simon Richter, University of Pennsylvania Vol. 8: The Literature of German Romanticism Edited by Dennis F. Mahoney, University of Vermont Vol. 9: German Literature of the Nineteenth Century, 1832–1899 Edited by Clayton Koelb and Eric Downing, University of North Carolina Vol. 10: German Literature of the Twentieth Century: From Aestheticism to Postmodernism Ingo R. Stoehr, Kilgore College, Texas German Literature of the High Middle Ages Edited by Will Hasty Camden House Copyright © 2006 by the Editor and Contributors All Rights Reserved.Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied,stored in a retrieval system, published,performed in public,adapted,broadcast,transmitted, recorded,or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2006 by Camden House Camden House is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt.Hope Avenue,Rochester,NY 14620,USA www.camden-house.com and of Boydell & Brewer Limited PO Box 9,Woodbridge,Suffolk IP12 3DF,UK www.boydellandbrewer.com ISBN:1–57113–173–6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data German literature of the high middle ages / edited by Will Hasty p.cm.— (Camden House history of German literature;v.3) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–57113–173–6 (hardcover:alk.paper) 1. German literature—Middle High German,1050–1500—History and criticism. 2. Germany—Civilization—History. 3. Civilization,Medieval. I. Hasty,Will. II. Series. PT191.G47 2006 830.9(cid:1)0021—dc22 2005024594 A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library. This publication is printed on acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America. To a dear colleague and friend, Sidney M. Johnson (1924–2003) Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Will Hasty Part I. The First Flourishing of German Literature Heinrich von Veldeke 23 Albrecht Classen Hartmann von Aue 37 Rodney Fisher Gottfried von Strassburg and the Tristan Myth 55 Rüdiger Krohn Wolfram von Eschenbach 75 Marion E. Gibbs and Sidney M. Johnson Ulrich von Zatzikhoven’s Lanzelet 101 Nicola McLelland Walther von der Vogelweide 109 Will Hasty Part II. Lyric and Narrative Traditions Didactic Poetry 123 Nigel Harris Minnesang — The Medieval German Love Lyrics 141 Will Hasty viii ❦ CONTENTS The German Heroic Narratives 161 Susann Samples Early Mystical Writings 185 Sara S. Poor Part III. Continuity, Transformation, and Innovation in the Thirteenth Century Wirnt von Gravenberg’s Wigalois and Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône 203 Neil Thomas Der Stricker 215 Michael Resler Rudolf von Ems 225 Elizabeth A. Andersen Ulrich von Liechtenstein 235 Ulrich Müller and Franz Viktor Spechtler Konrad von Würzburg 243 Rüdiger Brandt Wernher der Gärtner 255 Ruth Weichselbaumer Part IV. Historical Perspectives Court Literature and Violence in the High Middle Ages 263 William H. Jackson Mobility, Politics, and Society in Medieval Germany 277 Charles R. Bowlus Bibliography Primary Literature 291 Select Secondary Literature 301 Notes on the Contributors 325 Index 329 Illustrations All illustrations are from the Codex Manesse. Kaiser Heinrich 9 Heinrich von Veldeke 22 Hartmann von Aue 36 Gottfried von Strassburg 54 Wolfram von Eschenbach 74 Walther von der Vogelweide 108 Der von Kürenberg 143 Friedrich von Hausen 147 Ulrich von Liechtenstein 234 Konrad von Würzburg 242

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The High Middle Ages, and particularly the period from 1180 to 1230, saw the beginnings of a vibrant literary culture in the German vernacular. While significant literary achievements in German had already been made in earlier centuries, they were a somewhat precarious vernacular extension of Christ
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