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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- German minnesinger noted for his love lyrics and patriotic songs.
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Tannhäuser himself was real is an open question; but there can be no doubt about Walther von der Vogelweide, who was one of Germany's greatest masters in the shorter forms.
Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson
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This short poem of Walther von der Vogelweide, however, is not, as some have sought to prove, to be taken as a justification of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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As early as Walther von der Vogelweide, it was known that the honourable man respects a word more than a blow.
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Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide hardly meet with any others in these literatures representing writers who are known abroad as well as at home.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) George Saintsbury 1889
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As early as Walther von der Vogelweide, it was known that the honourable man respects a word more than a blow.
The Education of the Child Ellen Key 1887
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Hartman von Aue and Walther von der Vogelweide, as much of blame as of praise.
Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861
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Michael Nagy was convincing as Wolfram von Eschenbach, as were Lothar Odinius as Walther von der Vogelweide and Thomas Jesatko as Biterolf.
The Seattle Times 2011
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a high reputation and was much admired, even by the greatest of all minnesingers, Walther von der Vogelweide, who acknowledges himself as
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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a follower, or perhaps better, the successor of Walther von der Vogelweide, like him, a crusader, and lived in the first half of the thirteenth century.
Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884
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