Reinbot from Durne

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Reinbot von Durne was a Middle High German author in the first half of the 13th century . On behalf of Duke Otto II of Bavaria (1231–1253) and his wife Agnes, he wrote the Middle High German Georgsroman in 6134 verses, the courtly version of the widespread legend of St. George . The Georgsroman Reinbots probably originated between 1231 and 1256 or after 1246 in Wörth an der Donau .

Life

Reinbot von Durne was court poet at the Bavarian ducal court. It is possible that he was also a notary in the ducal office. A certificate from Otto II of Bavaria from 1240 was made out by a Reimboto . Whether there is a connection between Reinbot von Durne and that Reimboto is speculative. The reign of Otto II allows an approximate limitation of the time of origin of the Georgromans. Duchess Agnes had a particularly great influence on the creation and shape of the work.

George novel

Contemporary depiction of St. George as a fresco in St. George's Church in Staraya Ladoga (12th century).

The legend of St. George was very widespread in the Middle Ages . It is assumed that Reinbot von Durne had either a French or a Latin original, which has been lost, so that it can hardly be determined to what extent the author contributed himself and his ideas. The literary and linguist Konrad Kunze speaks of a clear tendency towards the knighting of the sacred.

As ritter kristân (v. 1696) Reinbots Georg stands in the tradition of miles christianus , the fighter in the name of God and defender of the faith. Georg, the patron saint of knights, is portrayed as a pagan fighter and missionary; he is a miracle worker and multiple martyr.

In addition to the already mentioned tendency towards the knighting of George, there is, on the one hand, the increasing courtization of the material and, on the other hand, its didacticization. The courtly influence is mainly due to Hartmann von Aue and Wolfram von Eschenbach . A special didactic element is the allegory of the Tugendburg, the eight rooms of which are dedicated to the knightly virtues (VV. 5751–5898).

Reinbot's portrayal of George lacks the element of the fight against the dragon, which today is immediately associated with St. George. The dragon fight appears in a greatly shortened version of the legend of St. George in prose and is included in “The Holy Life”. The German version of the legend of George contained therein was the most widespread until the Reformation .

Text certificates

Saint George Reinbots of Durne has come down to us in nine testimonies, four of which are manuscripts and five fragments (as of February 8, 2007, according to the Marburg Repertory there are ten testimonies). The earliest document - a fragment - is dated to the last quarter of the 13th century.

expenditure

  • Reinbot (from Dorn): Saint George . In: German poems of the Middle Ages . Edited by Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen and Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching. Vol. 1. Berlin 1808.
  • Saint George the Reinbot of Durne . With an introduction to the legend and the poem ed. and explain by Ferdinand Vetter. Hall as 1896.
  • Saint George Reinbots of Durne . Edited from all manuscripts by Carl von Kraus. Heidelberg 1907.

literature

  • Joachim Bumke: History of German Literature in the High Middle Ages . 4th updated edition. Munich 2000, pp. 386-404, especially pp. 396f.
  • Klaus Klein: A new fragment of Reinbots “Georg”, in: Zeitschrift für deutsches Altertum und deutsche Literatur 130 (2001), pp. 58–62.
  • Konrad Kunze: Reinbot from Durne . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 7, Col. 665.
  • Astrid Lembke: Narrated holiness. St. George in medieval poetry. Berlin 2008.
  • Ute Monika Schwob: Old German legends . In: Poetry of the European Middle Ages. A guide through the narrative literature . Edited by Rolf Bräuer . Munich 1990, p. 417f.
  • Steinmeyer:  Reinbot from Dorn . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 5 f.

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References

  1. ↑ Ute Monika Schwob: Old German Legends . In: Poetry of the European Middle Ages. A guide through the narrative literature . Edited by Rolf Bräuer . Munich 1990, p. 418.
  2. ^ Konrad Kunze : Reinbot von Durne . In: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Vol. 7, Col. 665.
  3. ^ Cracow, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, Berol. mgq 1533; formerly Berlin, Prussian State Library, mgq 1533.
personal data
SURNAME Reinbot from Durne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reimboto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Middle High German author
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Wörth on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH 13th Century