Walter of Châtillon
Walter von Châtillon (Latin: Gualterus de Castellione , Walterus ab Insulis ; French Gautier de Châtillon ; * around 1135 in Lille or Ronchin near Lille; † around 1190, according to other information: 1201) was a French writer and theologian of the 12th century. Century who wrote in Latin.
The philologist Walter Berschin asserted: “Walter was the most versatile, most formally skilful, most classical and most emphatic of the poets of the Latin classical period in France in the XII. Century. "
Life
Walter von Châtillon studied in Reims with Stephan von Beauvais and in Paris. He wrote, probably during his student years, a number of Latin poems in the style of the Goliards , which found their way into the Carmina Burana collection . In contrast, during his lifetime he was more famous for the Alexandreis , a long Latin epic about Alexander the Great , dedicated to Archbishop William of Reims . The work, written in hexameters , is full of anachronisms - the crucifixion of Jesus already took place in Alexander's time. The Alexandreis was popular and influential in Walter's time. Matthew of Vendôme and Alain de Lille borrowed from it and Arrigo da Settimello copied it. A line from it is sometimes quoted: Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim. ("It falls into the clutches of the Scylla who wants to avoid the Charybdis.")
Many poems written in his style or addressing his subjects have been attributed to Walter for no sufficient reason. For example, he was not the author of the satirical Apocalypse of Golias , which was once considered his work. In addition to his poems, Walter wrote a dialogue in which he attacks Judaism and a treatise on the Trinity . It is possible that the moral dogma philosophorum originated from him.
Work editions
- Alexandreidos Libri decem, Nunc primùm In Gallia Gallicisque characteribus editi. Granjon, Lugdunum [Lyon] 1558 ( digitized version ).
- Alexandris, sive gesta Alexandri Magni. Edited by Athanasius Gugger von Berneck. Monastery printing house, St. Gallen 1659 ( digitized version ). Jacob Müller, St. Gallen 1693 ( digitized version ).
- Alexandreis. The song of Alexander the great. Translated, commented and with an afterword by Gerhard Linienbach with the help of Otto Klingner. With an introduction by Walter Berschin . 2nd, improved edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-534-24975-6 .
- The ten poems of Walther von Lille, called by Châtillon. Published by Friedrich August Wilhelm Müldener. Rümpler, Hanover 1859 ( digitized version ). Reprint: Kessinger, 2010, ISBN 978-1-168-79683-7 .
- The songs of Walther von Châtillon in St. Omer's manuscript 351. Edited and explained by Karl Strecker . 2nd unchanged edition. Weidmann, Berlin 1925.
- Walter of Châtillon. Moral-satirical poems from German, English, French and Italian manuscripts. Edited by Karl Strecker. Winter, Heidelberg 1929, DNB 573595542 .
literature
- Alain de Lille, Gautier de Châtillon, Jakemart Gielee et leur temps. Actes du Colloque de 1978. Presses Univ. de Lille, Lille 1980, ISBN 2-85939-134-7 .
- Rudolf Peiper : Walter von Chatillon . Breslau 1869 ( digitized version ). Reprinted in Ann Arbor 1980.
- FJE Raby: A History of Secular Latin Poetry in the Middle Ages. Volume 2. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1934, pp. 72-80, 190-204.
- Thomas F. Payne: Walter of Châtillon. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 17 (Vina - Zykan). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7618-1137-5 , Sp. 428-430 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter von Châtillon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pierre Marique: Walter of Châtillon . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912.
- Entry in the Encyclopédie Médiévale ( Memento of December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- Publications about Walter von Châtillon in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Gualterus de Castiglione , author page in the Bibliotheca Augustana (Latin)
Individual notes
- ^ Walter Berschin : Introduction, in: Walter von Châtillon: Alexandreis , Schneider, Heidelberg 1990, ISBN 3-7953-0771-6 , p. 11.
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SURNAME | Walter of Châtillon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gualterus de Castellione (Latin); Walterus from Insulis; Gautier de Châtillon (French); Walter of Lille |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and theologian |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1135 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille or Ronchin near Lille |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1190 or 1201 |