Weißkunig#
Weisskunig, unfinished allegorical "autobiography" of Emperor Maximilian I, the "white King" (in the heraldic sense), revised by M. Treitzsaurwein in 1517; it is a combination of heroic legend, chronicle and princes´ code; consists of three parts and tells of Friedrich III, the old Weisskunig, his courtship and being crowned emperor as well as the birth, childhood and youth of the young Weisskunig, his reign and heroic deeds in war; ends abruptly with the battle near Vicenza (Italy) in 1513.
Edition: H. T. Musper (ed.), Kaiser Maximilian I.,
Weisskunig, 2 vols., 1956.
Literature#
T. Cramer, Geschichte der deutschen Literatur im spaeten Mittelalter, 1989.