Codex Manesse
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The Codex Manesse is a Liederhandschrift which is the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry. It was written and illustrated between c. 1304 when the main part was com
Folio 371r, Johannes Hadlaub
Folio 127r: Works of Walther von der Vogelweide
Folio 124r: Walther von der Vogelweide
King Conrad the Young
Conradin
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Conrad III, called the Younger or the Boy, but usually known by the diminutive Conradin, was the last direct heir of the House of Hohenstaufen. He was Duke of Swabia and nominal King of Jerusalem and
Codex Manesse
…the text of their works. The entries are ordered approximately by the social status of the poets, starting with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, Kings Conradin and Wenceslaus II, down through dukes, counts and knights, to the commoners. Most of the poems are Minnesang, but there are also other genres, including…
Execution of Conradin by Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica, 14th century
Memorial by Thorvaldsen