Daz Herzmaere

work by Konrad von Würzburg

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"Dasz Herzmaere" (The Heart's Tidings) is a secular romance poem by Konrad von Würzburg, a Middle High German poet active in the 13th century. Konrad was known for preserving courtly ideals during a period of chivalry's decline.1

While Konrad's originality lay more in form than content, he was a master of developing stylized techniques, sometimes to an extreme, as seen in his complex poetry. "Dasz Herzmaere" is considered one of his shorter narrative poems where he excelled. The poem is part of his secular romances, alongside "Engelhart" and "Keiser Otte mit dem Barte".1

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1280) and again in Daz Herzmaere by the late 13th-century German poet Konrad von Würzburg. The theme of the outwitting of the jealous husband, common in the fabliaux (short verse tales containing realistic, even coarse detail and written to amuse), is frequently found in 13th-century romance and in lighter…
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1280) and again in Daz Herzmaere by the late 13th-century German poet Konrad von Würzburg. The theme of the outwitting of the jealous husband, common in the fabliaux (short verse tales containing realistic, even coarse detail and written to amuse), is frequently found in 13th-century romance and in lighter…
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