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EPICS AND ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES

EPICS AND ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES

by Wilhelm Wägner

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Author
Wägner, Wilhelm, 1800-1886
Title
Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Sonya Schermann, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Literature, Medieval
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46923
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46923
Release Date
September 21, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.EPICS AND ROMANCES OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.PART FIRST. THE AMELUNG AND KINDRED LEGENDS. — LANGOBARDIAN LEGENDS. — I ALBOIN and ROSAMUND. — II. KING ROTHER (RUOTHER). — III. ORTNIT — THE AMELUNGS. — I. HUGDIETERICH AND WOLFDIETERICH. — II. KING SAMSON (SAMSING). — III. DIETWART.
  5. 5.DIETRICH OF BERN. — I. DIETRICH AND HILDEBRAND. — II. DIETRICH’S COMRADES. — III. ADVENTURES. LAURIN. ILSAN — IV. DIETRICH, THE FAITHFUL ALLY. — V. ERMENRICH TURNS AGAINST THE HERO OF BERN. — VI. KING ETZEL, WALTER OF WASGENSTEIN, AND HILDEGUNDE. — VII. ETZEL AND DIETRICH AGAINST THE REUSSEN. — VIII. THE RAVEN-FIGHT (BATTLE OF RAVENNA). — IX. GOING HOME.
  6. 6.PART SECOND. THE NIBELUNG AND KINDRED LEGENDS. — THE NIBELUNG HERO. — I. SIEGFRIED’S YOUTH. — II. SIEGFRIED IN BURGUNDY. — III. THE DRAGONSTONE. — IV. THE WOOING OF BRUNHILD — V. TREASON AND DEATH. — THE NIBELUNGS’ WOE. — I. KING ETZEL’S WOOING. — II. THE BURGUNDIANS VISIT HUNLAND. — III. THE NIBELUNGS’ LAMENT. — THE HEGELING LEGEND. — I. HAGEN. — II. HETTEL THE HEGELING AND HIS HEROES. — III. GUDRÛN. — IV. QUEEN GERLIND. — V. BATTLE AND VICTORY. — BEOWULF. ( I.E. , BEE-WOLF, OR WOODPECKER.) — I. Grendel. — II. Beowulf, the Bold Diver. — III. The She-wolf of the Sea. — IV. Beowulf is made King. — V. The Fight with the Dragon.
  7. 7.PART THIRD. — CAROLINGIAN LEGENDS. — I The CHILDREN of HAYMON. — II. ROLAND. — III. WILLIAM OF ORANGE. — LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR AND THE HOLY GRAIL. — I. TITUREL. — II. PERCIVAL. — III. LOHENGRIN. (LOHERANGRIN.) — IV. TRISTRAM AND ISOLDE.
  8. 8.LEGEND OF TANNHÄUSER. — Tannhäuser in Trouble.
  9. 9.INDEX.

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