Sovereignty and Salvation in the Vernacular, 1050-1150

Das Ezzolied, Das Annolied, Die Kaiserchronik, vv. 247-667, Das Lob Salomons, Historia Judith

Edited and translated by James A. Schultz

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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.

Acknowledgments
Foreward
Introduction
Bibliography
Das Ezzolied / Ezzo’s Song
Straßburger Ezzolied / Earlier Fragmentary Version
Vorauer Ezzolied / Later Expanded Version
Das Annolied / Song of Anno
Die Kaiserchronik / Chronicle of the Emperors
vv. 247-667
Das Lob Salomons / In Praise of Solomon
Historia Judith / The Story of Judith
Die drei Jünglinge im Feuerofen / The Three Youths in the Furnace
Die ältere Judith / The Earlier Story of Judith
Notes

James A. Schultz is professor of German at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of three previous books, including, most recently, The Knowledge of Childhood in the German Middle Ages, 1100-1350.

  • Edited and translated by James A. Schultz