The history of German medieval literature experienced a sort of mini ‘Renaissance’ around 1400, when an entire generation of new poets emerged and made their voices heard. Two of them were Count Hugo von Montfort and the knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/77‒1445), the latter originating from Southern Tyrol, the former from Vorarlberg (today, western Austria north of Liechtenstein). In the German-speaking lands of Bohemia, Johannes von Tepl composed, also around 1400, his famous dialogue poem

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. In Salzburg, the anonymous poet Der Mönch (The Monk) created a large body of beautiful poems dedicated to love and the veneration of God around 1400. Only a few decades later, the Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken published the translation of four prose novels.

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Citation: Classen, Albrecht. "Hugo von Montfort". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 September 2024 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15293, accessed 05 October 2024.]

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