Rudolf von Ems
Rudolf von Ems ( * 1200 in Hohenems / Vorarlberg; ? † 1254 ) was a German epic poet of the Middle Ages.
- 4.1 Bibliography
- 4.2 Encyclopedia Article
- 4.3 Investigations on individual aspects
Life
Rudolf von Ems comes from an important noble family in Vorarlberg, the family of Ems. He was born in Hohenems and was in the service of the Count of Montfort. Between 1220 and 1254 he wrote and was one of the most learned and at the same time most prolific poets of his time, whose works have survived, however, do not get all.
Rudolf von Ems is believed to have died on the Italy trip as a companion of King Conrad IV.
Literary creation
His seals are characterized by grace and intimacy of the narrative, austerity and formal mastery. As his example, he referred to himself Gottfried von Strassburg. This is - in contrast to other poets, where there is more lip service or formulaic reverence seems to be sometimes - credible, since he quotes in some cases almost verbatim from the Tristan. He has also twice let Gottfried encourage them to offer an excursus a " literature Umschau " in which he surveys the courtly poetry and called many of his contemporaries and his own compositions.
Of the works handed down to us is the story of The Good Gerhard the oldest, a glorification of Christian humility sense, probably edited by Latin source. Your follow Barlaam and Josaphat, about 1225-1230 after a transmitted into Latin from the Greek treatment of the saga written by the conversion of an Indian king's son to Christianity (edited by Pfeiffer, Leipzig, 1843 reprint 1965); William of Orlens, the history of children between Minne Willehalm and Amelie, who are among the most famous lovers of the Middle Ages.
The Alexander novel, written in 1240, has remained unfinished. In 21,000 verses, the education and the battles of Alexander the Great are described, the hero is a model of knightly virtue. Their source was Rudolf the Historia de preliis Historiae Alexandri Magni and the Curtius Rufus.
The Chronicle is Rudolf's last king Conrad IV dedicated work. It is the first German -speaking world chronicle. Rudolf incorporated it into six world ages, only the first four ages of the world were accomplished by him. Sources are the Vulgate, the Historia Scholastica of Peter Comestor, Imago Mundi of Honorius the Augustodunensis and the Pantheon of Godfrey of Viterbo. A special feature was called acrostics: Large initials at the beginning of each world age. The chronicle tells the story of humanity from the creation to the death of Solomon, with the tendency to legitimize the rule of the Hohenstaufen. Already in the 13th century, it was in some manuscripts merged with the Christian Herre Chronicle. One divides the various manuscripts in five classes:
Works
- The guote Gerhart
- Barlaam and Josaphat ( digitized )
- Alexander Roman
- World Chronicle ( digitized )
- Willehalm of Orlens ( digitized )
Text output
- Rudolf von Ems, The guote Gerhart, ed. by John Asher. 3rd edition, Tübingen 1989. ( Old German Text Library, Vol 56).
- Rudolf von Ems, The Good Gerhard, ed. by Moritz main. Weidmann'sche bookstore, Leipzig 1840.
- Rudolf von Ems, Barlaam and Josaphat, ed. by Franz Pfeiffer. Leipzig 1843. ( German seals of the Middle Ages, Vol 3 ) ( emphasis Berlin 1965).
- Rudolf von Ems, Alexander. A courtly verse novel of the 13th century, 2 vols, ed. by Victor junk. Wiss. Book Company, Darmstadt 1970. ( Unchanged reprint of the edition Leipzig 1928-1929 ).
- Rudolf von Ems, World Chronicle. Ed from the Wernigeroder handwriting. by Gustav Ehrismann. 2nd unchanged edition, Weidmann, Dublin 1967. ( German texts of the Middle Ages, Vol 20).
- Rudolf von Ems, Willehalm of Orlens, ed. from the water Burger Codex of Fürstenberg in Donaueschingen Court Library of Victor Junk, Berlin 1905. ( German texts of the Middle Ages, Vol 2 ) ( emphasis Dublin / Zurich 1967).