Item 15C
Theuerdank Die Geuerlicheiten und Einsteils
1517
First Edition
Hand-Colored Illustrations
This book is a beautiful example of a very popular literary form, the chivalric romance: tales of heroic adventures, all in a search for love. Theuerdank tells of the dangerous and heroic adventures of Emperor Maximilian I on his journey to claim his bride, Mary of Burgundy. The story was written in rhyming couplets. The knight Theuerdank (a figure representing Maximilian) reaches his bride, vanquishes his enemies, and is finally sent off on a crusade to prove beyond all doubt his worthiness as a Christian knight.
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