Tannhäuser (Middle High German: Tanhûser; died after 1265) was a German Minnesänger and poet. The Codex Manesse, Manesse Codex, or Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift is an Illuminated manuscript in Codex Middle High German (MHG German Mittelhochdeutsch) is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Minnesang was the tradition of lyric and Song writing in Germany which flourished in the 12th century and continued into the 14th century A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" He is not attested historically outside of his poetry, which is dated to between 1245 and 1265. His biography is consequently obscure. It is assumed that there is a connection to the old noble family of the Lords of Thannhausen, who are still residing in their castle in Tannhausen, near Ellwangen and Dinkelsbühl. von Thannhausen is an old and still existing German aristocratic family with the rank of Freiherr ( Baron) Tannhausen is a Municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst, in common use simply Ellwangen is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg Dinkelsbühl is a historic city in Bavaria, Germany. It lies in the district of Ansbach, north of Aalen. There is a historical Tannhausen castle near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz. Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz is the capital of the Neumarkt district in the administrative region of the Upper Palatinate, in Bavaria, Germany. He was active at the court of Frederick II of Austria, and the Codex Manesse depicts him in the habit of the Teutonic Order, which suggests he might have participated in the Fifth Crusade. Frederick II, known as the Quarrelsome or the Warlike ( German: Friedrich der Streitbare; 25 April 1211 &ndash The Codex Manesse, Manesse Codex, or Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift is an Illuminated manuscript in Codex The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. The Fifth Crusade ( 1217 &ndash 1221) was an attempt to take back Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering the powerful
Tannhäuser's poems are parodies of the traditional genre. His Bußlied (poem on atonement) is unusual with regard to the erotic theme of the remaining content of the Codex Manesse. Tannhäuser was a proponent of the leich (lai) style of poetry. A lai was a song form composed in northern Europe, mainly France and Germany, from the 13th to the late 14th century.
In legend
Based on his Bußlied, Tannhäuser became the subject of legend, first attested in 1430, propagated in ballads from 1450. The cultural and artistic events of 15th century Italy are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento (from the Italian for '400 or from "millequattrocento" 1400 The legendary account makes Tannhäuser a knight and poet who found the Venusberg, the subterranean home of Venus, and spent a year there worshipping the goddess. Venusberg is the name of a mythical Mountain in Germany. In Teutonic legend caverns in the mountain housed the court of Venus, goddess Venus was a major Roman Goddess principally associated with Love, Beauty and fertility, the equivalent of the Greek goddess After leaving the Venusberg, Tannhäuser is filled with remorse, and travels to Rome to ask Pope Urban IV if it is possible to be absolved of his sins. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Urban replies that forgiveness is as impossible as it would be for his papal staff to blossom. Three days after Tannhäuser's departure Urban's staff blooms with flowers; messengers are sent to retrieve the knight, but he has already returned to Venusberg, never to be seen again.
The legend was made famous in modern times through Richard Wagner's three act opera Tannhäuser in 1845. Tannhäuser (full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg / Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg) is an Opera Aubrey Beardsley started to write an erotic treatment of the legend which was never to be finished due to his illness; the first parts of it were published in The Savoy and later published in book form by Leonard Smithers under the title Under the Hill. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley ( August 21, 1872 &ndash March 16, 1898) was an influential English This article is about the former British magazine for other uses see Savoy (disambiguation The Savoy was a magazine of literature, The novel was never completed, but in 1907 the manuscript was published under the title The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser.
Other references
Several works of science fiction mention a fictional "Tannhauser Gate", originating from a brief reference by Roy Batty (played by Rutger Hauer) in the film Blade Runner. The Tannhäuser Gate is a fictitious location originally referred to in dialogue in the 1982 film Blade Runner, and again in the 1998 film This article details the characters in the film Blade Runner. Rutger Oelsen Hauer (rʏtxər ulsən hʌuər born January 23, 1944) is a Golden Globe -winning Dutch Film Actor. Blade Runner is a 1982 American Science fiction Film, directed by Ridley Scott. Hauer himself wrote the famous monologue in which the "Tannhauser Gate" is noted. Aleister Crowley wrote his own play called Tannhauser which follows the character Tannhauser and the infamous Venus. Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer The anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny features a positron beam weapon as one of the main armaments of the ZAFT battleship Minerva, called a "Tannhäuser". is the second Anime television series set in the Cosmic Era universe of Gundam by Sunrise. Minerva -class battleship
External links
- Laus Veneris, and other poems (1900), Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online - Tannhäuser
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