Ulrich von Etzenbach

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Ulrich von Etzenbach (often wrongly also Ulrich von Eschenbach ; * around 1250, † after 1300) was one of the most important poets of German-Bohemian court culture. He is considered the first German-speaking poet in Bohemia . Ulrich von Etzenbach is the author of an Alexander novel called Alexandreis in 30,000 verses and the linguistically more highly valued epic poem Wilhelm von Wenden (around 1297).

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The German Alexandreis was created as a verse novel based on the model of the Latin Alexandreis from the pen of the French cleric Walter von Châtillon . The Bohemian Alexander Romance, like that, is divided into ten books. Ulrich von Etzenbach began his Alexandreis around 1270 under the Premyslid king Ottokar II , in whose homage it was intended, and completed it under Ottokar's son Wenzel II . The verse epic is also dedicated to him. In the Alexandreis of Ulrich von Etzenbach the Macedonian Alexander served as a role model of přemyslidischen dynasty, especially the client's King Ottokar II Etzenbachs epic poem occupies an intermediary position in the Czech literature since emerged as a result -. Based on the Latin and the German Alexandreis - another Bohemian Alexander novel. The old Czech Alexandreis from 1300 is considered to be the first significant work in the Czech language.

Etzenbach's epic poem Wilhelm von Wenden has survived in several manuscripts. The edifying material is dyed through knightly and courtly.

literature

  • Ruth Finckh: Ulrichs von Etzenbach Alexander: a Bohemian teaching piece. In: Jan Cölln, Susanne Friede, Hartmut Wulfram (eds.) With the assistance of Ruth Finckh: Alexander Dichtungen im Mittelalter. Cultural self-determination in the context of literary relationships. Collaborative Research Center “Internationality of National Literature”, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen: August 2000, pp. 355–406 ISBN 978-3892441991 .
  • Markus Stock: Multiple memories. Universal material and particular bond in Ulrich von Etzenbach's Alexander. In: Jan Cölln, Susanne Friede, Hartmut Wulfram (eds.) With the assistance of Ruth Finckh: Alexander Dichtungen im Mittelalter. Cultural self-determination in the context of literary relationships. Collaborative Research Center “Internationality of National Literature”, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen: August 2000, pp. 407–448, ISBN 978-3892441991 .
  • Ruth Finckh: About the meaning of freedom. Ulrichs von Etzenbach Alexander Appendix and the contemporary power discourse. In: Ulrich Mölk (ed.): Rule, ideology & conception of history in Alexander poems of the Middle Ages. Collaborative Research Center “Internationality of National Literature”, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen: August 2002, pp. 358–411, ISBN 978-3892446200 .
  • Meinolf Schumacher : Catalogs of Demons as Catalogs of Vices in Medieval German Literature: "Des Teufels Netz" and the Alexander Romance by Ulrich von Etzenbach. In: Richard Newhauser (ed.): In the Garden of Evil: The Vices and Culture in the Middle Ages , Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies 2005, pp. 277–290, ISBN 0-88844-818-X ( digitized version )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut de Boor & Johannes Janota: The German literature in the late Middle Ages: 1250-1350 , p. 96.
  2. ^ Ricarda Hanft: Bibliography: Ulrich von Etzenbach. Taking into account the literature from 1848-2005 .
  3. ↑ www.wissen.de/lexikon/ulrich-von-etzenbach .
  4. ↑ Helmut de Boor & Johannes Janota: The German literature in the late Middle Ages: 1250-1350 , p. 104.
  5. ↑ Ruth Finckh: Ulrichs von Etzenbach Alexander: a bohemian teaching piece , p. 365
personal data
SURNAME Ulrich von Etzenbach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ulrich von Eschenbach
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Middle High German poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1250
DATE OF DEATH after 1300