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Walther von der Vogelweide

Type Figure Region Germany Time c. 1170–1230 Also known as Vogelweide

Walther von der Vogelweide was one of the greatest German minnesingers of the thirteenth century, renowned for his love poetry and political lyric ve…

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  1. c. 1170–1185South Tyrol · South TyrolSpent his childhood and youth in the Alpine South Tyrolean region, receiving a noble education and encountering local poetic and musical traditions. Between 1171 and 1180 he was still young or just entering adulthood and had not yet been active as a minnesinger.
  2. c. 1190–1230courts of the Holy Roman Empire · Holy Roman EmpireAs an adult he left his homeland, traveling and singing at courts throughout the empire, composing numerous Minne love poems and political verses commenting on imperial succession, the Crusades, and church affairs, becoming a representative figure of medieval German literature.

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