Sovereignty and Salvation in the Vernacular, 1050-1150: Das Ezzolied, Das Annolied, Die Kaiserchronik, vv. 247-667, Das Lob Salomons, Historia Judith ... (English and Middle High German Edition)

Introduction, translations, and notes by James A. Schultz. Published for TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages). These texts will be of interest because they represent a kind of writing - at the intersection of ecclesiastical and secular power, drawing on the whole range of medieval Latin learning, yet written in vernacular verse - that is not found elsewhere in the European Middle Ages. In addition, they may be of use in teaching since, although relatively short, they illustrate a great number of characteristic medieval ways of writing and can be linked to a number of quite remarkable historical figures. Acknowledgements vii Foreword ix Introduction 1 Bibliography 19 Das Ezzolied / Ezzo’s Song Strassburger Ezzolied / Earlier Fragmentary Version 26 Vorauer Ezzolied / Later Expanded Version 32 Das Annolied / Song of Anno 56 Die Kaiserchronik / Chronicle of the Emperors vv. 247-667 104 Das Lob Salomons / In Praise of Solomon 126 Historia Judith / The Story of Judith Die drei Jünglinge im Feuerofen / The Three Youths in the Furnace 142 Die altere Judith / The Earlier Story of Judith 146 Notes 157 Texts of interest because they represent a kind of writing - at the intersection of ecclesiastical and secular power, drawing on the whole range of medieval Latin learning – that is not found elsewhere in the European Middle Ages. Usefull in teaching as they illustrate a great number of characteristic medieval ways of writing.