Heinrich der Vogler (poet)
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Heinrich der Vogler or Henry the Fowler (fl. c. 1275–1296) was a Middle High German
poet from the County of Tyrol
. He was once believed to be the author of two important works of the literary cycle about Dietrich von Bern, "Dietrichs Flucht" (also known as "Das Buch von Bern") and "Die Rabenschlacht," but is now generally only thought to have edited them. Around 1280 he completed an excursus against princely caprice in "Dietrichs Flucht", in which he names himself.
Middle High German
Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German...
poet from the County of Tyrol
County of Tyrol
The County of Tyrol, Princely County from 1504, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1814 a province of the Austrian Empire and from 1867 a Cisleithanian crown land of Austria-Hungary...
. He was once believed to be the author of two important works of the literary cycle about Dietrich von Bern, "Dietrichs Flucht" (also known as "Das Buch von Bern") and "Die Rabenschlacht," but is now generally only thought to have edited them. Around 1280 he completed an excursus against princely caprice in "Dietrichs Flucht", in which he names himself.
Sources
- "Heinrich der Vogler." Encyclopedia of Austria, at AEIOUAeiou EncyclopediaAEIOU is a free online collection of reference works in both German and English about Austria-related topics.-Background:...
. - "Heinrich der Vogler." Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 40, p. 787.