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Freidank (also: Vrîdanc, Vrîgedanc ; † probably 1233 in Kaisheim ) was a traveling cleric without consecration ( Vagant ), who probably came from Swabia or Alsace . He was probably born at the end of the 12th century. From 1228 to 1229 he may have participated in Frederick II's crusade . According to the Kaisheimer Annalen, 1233 is assumed to be the year of death . Hartmann Schedel , according to his own statement, saw a tomb with Freydanck's grave inscription in Treviso in 1465 .

Illustrated edition of his work from 1539
Manuscript from 1464

Life

The reconstruction of the Vita des Freidank is based on hypotheses; All that is certain is that the author of the modesty called himself Freidank. According to the literary quotations and in the context of the rich handwritten tradition, he was probably born at the end of the 12th century in the Alemannic-southern German-speaking area. The high level of education recognizable from the text suggests that Freidank was a cleric trained in writing and language. Whether he was also without a permanent priesthood and had to earn extra income through poetry on his travels is completely open. Such images must be treated with caution because of the romantic elements they contain.

Participation in the fifth crusade under Frederick II seems likely - without there being any real evidence here either. In this context belong the so-called Acre Proverbs , which represent one of the few related sections of humility . Freidank could therefore have traveled as a pilgrim with the crusader army to Acre , Jaffa and Jerusalem . On his crusade with al-Kamil, Frederick II made the peace of Jaffa on February 18, 1229 , before moving into Jerusalem, where he crowned himself King of Jerusalem on March 18, 1229 . His stance on the Crusades is aloof. He is mentioned several times by contemporaries, u. a. twice with Rudolf von Ems (e.g. Alexander , ed. Jung, v. 3235). In the Kaisheim annals, the death of a "Fridancus magister" in the Cistercian monastery is mentioned in 1233 , who may be identical to the poet.

Act

The work Modesty , which was written between 1215 and 1230, has come down to us from him . It is a collection of rhyming sayings which, in 53 thematic sections and around 4700 verses, deals critically with the norms of its time - especially court life. The work assumes knowledge of the Bible , but also of patristic and early scholasticism . A political or social anchoring of the poetry has so far not succeeded, since there is no reference to patrons or the request for material donations, which is usual in the song poetry . Nevertheless, it remained very popular well into the 16th century. It has come down to us in numerous manuscripts and also in a Latin translation ( Fridangi Discretio ); In addition to complete manuscripts, there are often quotations from individual sayings. In the late reception , the revision by Sebastian Brant from 1508 should be mentioned in particular : Freidanck: From the right path of life, and all virtues, blame for the qualities that people may encounter, diligently and briefly in rhyme composed; Also with beautiful and artistic figures, covering all chapters ... the like never appeared in print before. ([Frankfurt am Main]: Feyrabend vnd Hüter, 1567).

Critical Editions

  • Vridankes Modesty , ed. by Wilhelm Grimm . Dieterich'sche Buchhandlung, Göttingen 1834, 2nd edition, ibid. 1860 ( digitized in the Google book search) (Grimm assumed that Freidank was identical to Walther von der Vogelweide )
  • Fridanke's Modesty , ed. Heinrich Ernst Bezzenberger . Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle 1872 ( digitized version ).
  • Thank you. With critical-exegetical comments , ed. by Franz Sandvoss. Published by the Borntraeger brothers, Berlin 1877.

literature

  • Hermann Paus : About the original arrangement of Freidank's modesty ... CP Melzer, Leipzig 1870, OCLC 6884517 ( Dissertation University of Leipzig 1870, 66 pages).
  • Karl Bartsch :  Thank you very much . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 336-338.
  • Henry Simonsfeld: A German Colony at Treviso in the later Middle Ages. With an excursion: Freidank's tomb. Treatises of the historical class of the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Volume 19.3. Franz in Comm., Munich 1891, pp. 543-638
  • C. Loewer: Patristic source studies on Freidank's modesty . Diss. Leipzig 1899
  • Josef Klapper: The proverbs of gratitude sermons. A contribution to the history of the East Central German proverb and its Latin sources = Proverbia Fridanci. Word and Custom, Volume 16.Marcus, Breslau 1927
  • Albert Leitzmann : Studies on Freidank's modesty . Meeting reports of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin; Philosophical-historical class, born 1948, 2nd Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1950
  • Friedrich Neumann :  Thank you very much. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , pp. 393-395 ( digitized version ).
  • Leslie Seifert: Word Field Theory and Structuralism. Studies on the usage of Freidanks. Studies on the Poetics and History of Literature, Volume 4. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart [u. a.] 1968
  • Günter Eifler: The ethical views in Freidanks “Modesty” . Hermaea, German Research, New Series, Volume 25. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1969
  • Berndt Jäger: Investigations on tradition and reception of Freidanks in the late Middle Ages . "Give good lere by rhyming". Göppingen works on German studies, Volume 238. Kuemmerle, Göppingen 1978
  • Friedrich Neumann: Freidank , in: author lexicon . 2nd edition. Volume 2. 1980, Col. 897-903
  • Ines Heiser: Authority Freidank. Studies on the reception of a proverb in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period . Niemeyer, Tübingen 2006
  • Barbara Leupolt: The gratuitous edition of Sebastian Brants . Diss. Marburg 2007 online
  • Davide Bertagnolli: Thank you very much. The proverbs about Rome and the Pope . Göppingen work on German studies, Volume 775. Kümmerle, Göppingen 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Thank you
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vrîdanc; Vrîgedanc; Frîdanc; Fridank; Freydanck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Middle High German poet
DATE OF BIRTH 12th Century
DATE OF DEATH around 1233
Place of death Kaisheim