TheBurggraf von Rietenburg[1](died after 1185) was aMiddle High Germanlyric poet in theMinnesangtradition. He was probably the younger brother of theBurggraf von Regensburg.All seven of his surviving stanzas are concerned withcourtly love.[2]
The poet belonged to the family of the counts ofSteveningandRiedenburg,who held the burgraviate ofRegensburgfrom 970 until 1185.[3]He is probably to be identified with either Heinrich IV (burgrave from 1176, died after 1184/85) or Otto III (died after 1185).[4]
The Burggraf von Rietenburg and his brother are usually grouped withDer von Kürenberg,Dietmar von AistandMeinloh von Sevelingenas the Danubian poets, part of the first generation of Minnesingers.[5]Within this group, Rietenburg is a transitional figure between the original Danubian style and a new style influenced more heavily by theOld Occitantroubadours.[3]
Notes
edit- ^For other spellings, seeBartsch 1879andBurdach 1889
- ^Garland & Garland 2005.
- ^abKilly & Vierhaus 2005.
- ^Burdach 1889.
- ^Van d'Elden 1995,p. 263.
Sources
edit- Bartsch, Karl(1879). "VI. Der burcgrâve von Rietenburc".Deutsche Liederdichter des zwölften bis vierzehnten Jahrhunderts: Eine Auswahl.Stuttgart: G. J. Göschen'sche. p. xxxiii.
- Burdach, Konrad (1889), "Riedenburg, Burggraf von",Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie(in German), vol. 28, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 591–592
- Garland, Henry; Garland, Mary, eds. (2005) [1997]."Rietenburg, Burggraf von".The Oxford Companion to German Literature(3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-815896-7.Retrieved16 January2020.
- Killy, Walther;Vierhaus, Rudolf,eds. (2005). "Riedenburg, Burgrave of".Dictionary of German Biography.Vol. 8: Plett–Schmidseder. Munich: K. G. Saur. p. 312.
- Van d'Elden, Stephanie Cain (1995). "The Minnesingers". In F. R. P. Akehurst; Judith M. Davis (eds.).A Handbook of the Troubadours.University of California Press. pp. 262–270.
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