The world's wages
Der Welt Lohn is a 274-verse narrative that Konrad von Würzburg wrote before 1260.
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In his text, Konrad lets a noble knight, who always strived for the glory of the world and the recognition of men, meet the personified world, a beautiful woman. Frau Welt reveals her downside to the knight Wirnt von Grafenberg , whereupon he has to recognize that his striving for the recognition of the world was wrong. He leaves his wife and children to live the rest of his life as miles Christi .
Intertextual references
The knight in the text has the same name as the Middle High German author of the Wigalois , Wirnt von Grafenberg . Konrad is possibly taking up Wirnt von Grafenberg's author configuration in the prologue and epilogue of his Arthurian novel Wigalois.
Lore
The text “Der Welt Lohn” has come down to us in seven manuscripts and two fragments.
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- Konrad von Würzburg: Heinrich von Kempten, Der Welt Lohn, Das Herzmaere , Middle High German text based on the edition by Edward Schröder , translated, with annotations and an afterword by Heinz Rölleke , Middle High German-New High German, (= RUB 2855), Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun., 2000
Adaptations
- Der Welt Lohn , composition by Andras Hamary. Performance for dancer, soprano, tenor, choir and large orchestra based on Cuonrat von Wirzeburc's poem of the same name (commissioned by the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg, choreography by Anna Vita, 2003/04, WP Würzburg)
