Erek (English spelling)

…He was a Swabian knight (squire). His works, Lamentations and Erek, were begun around 1180 and completed around 1190, while Gregory and Poor Henry were written in that order between 1190 and 1197. During this period he wrote lyric poems in which he broke with the secular world and love (Minne), as well as songs of the crusades that were the product of his participation in the crusades (1189-91). …

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…シュワーベンの騎士の出身(従士)。諸作品のうち《哀歌》と《エーレクErek》は1180年ころに着手され，90年ころに完成，《グレゴリウス》と《哀れなハインリヒ》はこの順で90‐97年の間に書かれたと推定されている。この時期に彼は世俗と愛(ミンネ)に決別する抒情詩，そして十字軍参加(1189‐91)の所産の十字軍遠征の歌を書いた。…

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