![]() ![]() ![]() Yet this is not simply a tale of chivalry, but an epic quest for spiritual education, as Parzival must conquer his ignorance and pride and learn humility before he can finally win the Holy Grail. As a knight serving the German nobility in the imperial Hohenstauffen period, the author was uniquely placed to describe the zest and colour of his hero's world, with dazzling depictions of courtly luxury, jousting and adventure. ![]() It follows Parzival from his boyhood and career as a knight in the court of King Arthur to his ultimate achievement as King of the Temple of the Grail, which Wolfram describes as a life-giving Stone. ![]() Hij beweert in de Parzival: schildes amber ist mîn art, wat vertaald kan worden als mijn beroep is het, met wapenen om te gaan. In the first decade of the 13 th century he wrote Parzival effectively a new take on the already existing legend of King Arthur. Composed in the early thirteenth century, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival is the re-creation and completion of the story left unfinished by its initiator Chrétien de Troyes. Wolfram von Eschenbach stamde uit een Frankisch riddergeslacht, maar was waarschijnlijk niet van adel. Wolfram von Eschenbach was a prominent German knight and poet in the 13th century. ![]()
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