German Quarterly, January 1st, 2006
One of the most enigmatic verse narratives of the entire Middle Ages, the Middle High German novella Mauritius von Craûn, continues to challenge and intrigue modern scholarship.2 Although composed either around 1180 or as late as 1220/1230, the text was copied apparently only once by the Tyrolese toll official Hans Ried in the famous Ambraser Heldenbuch between 1504 and 1515 on behalf of Emperor Maximilian (1486-1519) (Wierschin; Janota). There are no indications that any other author was familiar with this text since there are no references to Mauritius in contemporary and late-medieval Germ...
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