Pfaffe Konrad
The priest Konrad (middle of the 12th century) was a poet who translated the Roland song into the Middle High German language.
Life
Nothing is known about the life of Father Konrad. He is only mentioned by name in a self-introduction as the author of the Roland song (around 1172): “I haize the phaffe Chunrat”. This early court verse epic is a translation or adaptation of the old French Chanson de Roland (around 1100), a Chanson de geste .
plant
- The Roland song of Pfaffen Konrad . Edited by Carl Wesle, 3rd, through. Edition, obtained from Peter Wapnewski , Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1985, LVIII, 326 p .; ISBN 3-484-20169-X , Old German Text Library; No. 69
literature
- Marianne Ott-Meimberg: Konrad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , pp. 547-549 ( digitized version ).
- Elias von Steinmeyer: Konrad (poet of the Roland song) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 638 f.
Web links
Commons : Rolandslied, Cod. Pal. germ. 112 - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Pfaffe Konrad in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the manuscript census
- Pfaffe Konrad in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfaffe Konrad |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Konrad the Pfaffe; Phaffe chunrate; Pfaffe Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Author in Middle High German, poet of the Roland song |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th century or 13th century |