Walther von der Vogelweide

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Here are the insights of a bitter wanderer and lyric genius into a range of issues, including the dynamics of performance, the nature of artistic patronage, the social standing of the poet, the evolution of communal ideals, the meaning of honor, the worldly power of the Church, and the concept of empire. For scholars and general readers alike, this collection offers inspired testimony and noble entertainment from one of the most charismatic witnesses of the Middle Ages."--Cover.