Theuerdank#

Theuerdank ("Noble-Mind"), allegorical, "autobiographical" work by Emperor Maximilian I, edited and set to verse by M. Treitzsaurwein, M. Pfinzing et al.; relates, in the style of the courtly epics of the 13th  century, how Maximilian (character "Theuerdank") wooed his first wife, Maria von Burgund (character "Ehrenreich") The first edition (in 1517, under Pfinzing´s name, with woodcuts by L. Beck, H. Schaeufelein, H. Burgkmair et al.) was only intended for the emperor´s circle of close family and friends; the first edition for the public was printed in 1519, after Maximilian´s death.

Ed.: Theuerdank, ed. by H. Unger, 1968 (Facsimile); H. Appuhn (ed.), Theuerdank, 1979.

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