Walther von der Vogelweide: Equality

Walther von der Vogelweide was Middle High German lyric poet. Explore interesting quotes on equality.
Walther von der Vogelweide: 36 quotes1 like

“He has no equal in medieval German lyric poetry and perhaps not even in European lyric poetry of the Middle Ages.”

Walther von der Vogelweide

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.”

Walther von der Vogelweide

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.”

Walther von der Vogelweide

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