Gundacker von Judenburg

Gundacker von Judenburg was the author or editor of the religious poetry " Christ's Hort ", which dates from the 13th century and is therefore part of courtly poetry. No other works by him are known.

Life

Little is known about the life of Gundacker von Judenburg. He came from Styria and named himself after the city Judenburg . Gundacker himself complained that he “escaped his master so early” (vs. 1314 ff.). This could indicate a dropped out of school education. His “unchunst” (non-art) also hindered him when writing his work. Art can probably be understood as "ars" - school education; but possibly this is just a topos of modesty.

The level of his theological, liturgical and Latin knowledge suggest that he came from the clergy. However, especially in the 13th century, such knowledge can also be found among many lay people ( lay piety ).

Works

• Christ's hoard. Edited from the Viennese manuscript. v. J. Jaschke. Weidmann, Berlin 1910. mhgta.uni-trier.de - text witnesses of the handwriting

literature

• Betty C. Bushey: The life of Christ in prayer form in Gundacker von Judenburgs Christi Hort. In: Alfred Ebenbauer (Ed.): The medieval literature in Styria. Lang, Bern a. a. 1988, ISBN 3-261-03865-9 , pp. 49-79 / 85.
• Werner Fechter: Gundacker von Judenburg and 'Mai and Beaflor'. In: Amsterdam Contributions to Older German Studies. 7. (1974), pp. 187-208
• Werner Fechter in ²VL 3 (1981) col. 303-306 and ²VL 11 (2004) col. 568.
• Christoph Huber: Gundacker von Judenburg. In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Literaturlexikon , Vol. 4, p. 427
• Albert Leitzmann : To Gundacker von Judenburg. In: Contributions to the history of German language and literature , 43 (1919), pp. 540–544
• Kurt Stübiger: Investigations on Gundacker von Judenburg. Berlin 1922 (reprint: Kraus, Nendeln / Liechtenstein 1967)

Web links

• Entry on Gundacker von Judenburg in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )