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71Der von Kürenberg — (late 12th century) Der von Kürenberg was one of the earliest German COURTLY LOVE poets. His songs were copied in the famous early 14th century Manessische Liederhandschrift (Manesse song manuscript), also known as Grosse Heidelberger… …
72Marie de Champagne — (1145–1198) In his Art of Courtly Love (ca. 1180–1290),ANDREAS CAPELLANUS several times refers to Marie de Champagne. She was the daughter of ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (1121–1204, daughter of Guillaume X, duke of Aquitaine, and granddaughter of the …
73Ulrich von Liechtenstein — (ca. 1200–1275) We are surprisingly well informed about Ulrich von Liechtenstein’s biography. He was born at the beginning of the 13th century, near Judenburg in Styria (modern Austria), and died on January 26, 1275. His name often appears in… …
74Weaver, The — (Tkadleˇcek) (ca. 1407) One of the more important and unusual works of Czech narrative prose from the early 15th century is the text called Tkadleˇcek (The Weaver). Like the DEBATE POEMS popular in western Europe, The Weaver takes the form of… …
75Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — is a late 14th century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur s Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his… …
76Romance (genre) — For the modern genre of romantic fiction, see Romance novel and Romance film. Yvain fighting Gawain. Medieval illumination from Chrétien de Troyes s romance, Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion …
77Heinrich von Veldeke — Hendrik van Veldeke (aka: He(y) nric van Veldeke(n), German Heinrich von Veldeke, before or around 1150 – after 1184) is the first writer in the Low Countries that we know by name who wrote in a European language (rather than Latin). He was born… …
78Shōtetsu — Infobox Person name = Shōtetsu image size = caption = birth date = 1381 birth place = Bitchū province, Japan death date = 1459 death place = Kyoto, JapanShōtetsu (正徹, 1381 1459 CE) was a major Japanese poet during the medieval period, and is… …
79Sprezzatura — Sprezzatura, is a term that originates from Castiglione s The Book of the Courtier. It is defined as “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought… …
80Literature in the Hoysala Empire — The Hoysala Empire (1025 ndash;1343), in what is now southern India, produced a large body of literature in the Kannada and Sanskrit languages.Kamath (2001), p. 132] The empire was established by Nripa Kama II, came into political prominence… …
