Wolfram von Eschenbach

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Wolfram von Eschenbach was a medieval German knight and poet best known for his epic Arthurian romance "Parzival," a foundational work of Middle High German literature.

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instanceOf Middle High German poet ⓘ
epic poet ⓘ
knight ⓘ
medieval poet ⓘ
person ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury 12th century ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury 13th century ⓘ
basedOn Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval (for Parzival) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
floruit early 13th century ⓘ
late 12th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Arthurian romance ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

courtly romance ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
hasPartInWork Arthurian cycle (in Parzival) ⓘ
linked to: Arthurian legend

Grail legend (in Parzival) ⓘ
historicalContext courtly culture of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
influenced German Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism

Richard Wagner ⓘ
influencedBy Chrétien de Troyes ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Middle High German ⓘ
literaryForm narrative verse ⓘ
literaryPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryReputation one of the greatest epic poets of Middle High German literature ⓘ
movement Middle High German literature ⓘ
linked to: Middle High German
name Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
notableWork Parzival ⓘ
linked to: Perceval

Titurel ⓘ
Willehalm ⓘ
occupation knight ⓘ
minstrel ⓘ
poet ⓘ
ParzivalDescribedAs foundational work of Middle High German literature ⓘ
ParzivalMainCharacter Parzival (Perceval) ⓘ
linked to: Perceval
ParzivalTheme quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Eschenbach (Franconia) ⓘ
portrayedAsCharacterIn Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser ⓘ
linked to: Tannhäuser
region Franconia ⓘ
religiousThemes Christian chivalry ⓘ
Grail mysticism ⓘ
subjectOf medieval German literary studies ⓘ
TiturelTheme Grail lineage and temple ⓘ
WillehalmTheme conflict between Christians and Muslims ⓘ
writingStyle alliterative and rhymed verse ⓘ

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Wolfram → hasNotableBearer → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Tannhäuser → mainCharacter → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Wolfram von Eschenbach → name → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Walther von der Vogelweide → contemporaryOf → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Titurel → createdBy → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg → hasParticipant → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
WWV 70 → mainCharacter → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Song to the Evening Star → sungByCharacter → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
Song to the Evening Star → basedOnCharacter → medieval poet-knight Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ
linked to: Wolfram von Eschenbach
Holy Grail legends → importantAuthor → Wolfram von Eschenbach ⓘ