!!!Rudolf von Ems

Rudolf von Ems, b. Hohenems (Vorarlberg), around 1200, 
d. around 1254, erudite Middle High German epic writer. Born into a 
family of estate officials of the lords of Montfort; modelling his 
work on the Middle High German "classics" he wrote the chivalric 
legends "Der guote Gerhart" (1220-1225) and "Barlaam und Josaphat" 
(1225-1230), the chivalric courtly novels "Alexander" (around 1230, 
unfinished) and "Willehalm von Orlens" (around 1238) as well as a 
"Weltchronik" (around 1250, unfinished). Buried in Bruck 
an der Mur.

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Editions: Der guote Gerhart, ed. by J. A. Asher, %%sup 2/%1971; 
Barlaam und Josaphat, ed. by F. Pfeiffer, 1843 (re-print 1965); 
Alexander, ed. by V. Junk, 1928f.; Willehalm von Orlens, ed. by V. 
Junk, %%sup 2/%1967; Weltchronik, ed. by G. Ehrismann, 1915.

!Literature
H. Brackert, R. v. E., 1968; 
U. Klingenboeck, "doch weiz ich es von wârheit niht 
...". Fiktionalisierung und Historisierung im 
"Alexander" R. v. E., doctoral thesis, Vienna 
1994.



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