Walther von der Vogelweide: Equal

Walther von der Vogelweide was Middle High German lyric poet. Explore interesting quotes on equal.
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“He has no equal in medieval German lyric poetry and perhaps not even in European lyric poetry of the Middle Ages.”

Ingeborg Glier, in Boris Ford (ed.) Medieval Literature: The European Inheritance (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983) p. 184.
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“For five hundred years after Walther's death – until Goethe – no German lyric poet was his equal.”

Frederick Goldin German and Italian Lyrics of the Middle Ages (New York: Anchor, 1973) p. 101.
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“He is equally great whether his theme be religion, patriotism, or love. As a political poet he is one of the greatest of all time.”

H. G. Atkins, in Edgar Prestage (ed.) Chivalry (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1928) pp. 99-100.
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