12th-century German writers

leading poet of the Middle High German period

archbishop of Cologne, archchancellor of Italy (1114-1167)

Czech rabbi

German rabbi

German theologian

thumb|Fol. 109a of the Munich ms. (Cgm 37, dated c. 1325–1350). The Kaiserchronik (Imperial Chronicle) is a 12th-century chronicle written in 17,283 lines of Middle High German verse. It runs from Julius Caesar to Conrad III, and seeks to give a complete account of the history of Roman and German emperors and kings, based on a historiographical view of the continuity of the Roman and German successions. The overall pattern is of a progression from pagan to Christian worlds, and theological disputations stand at the turning-points of the Christianization of the Empire. However, much of the mate

German author