Freidank
Sign in to saveFreidank (Vrîdanc) was a Middle High German didactic poet of the early 13th century. He is the author of Bescheidenheit ("practical wisdom, correct judgement, discretion"), a collection of rhyming aphorisms in 53 thematic divisions, extending to some 4,700 verses. The work was extremely popular in the German Middle Ages and is transmitted in numerous manuscripts, as well as in a Latin translation (Fridangi Discretio).
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- Born
- 1200-00-00
- Died
- 1233-00-00
- Works
- 28
Top works
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Key dates
- Born
- 1200
- Died
- 1233
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Duchy of Swabia
- Place of death
- Kaisheim
- Occupation
- librettist
- Languages spoken
- Middle High German
- Conflict
- Sixth Crusade
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Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to Freidank, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Life
- ''Bescheidenheit''
- See also
- Editions
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- External links
Freidank (Vrîdanc) was a Middle High German didactic poet of the early 13th century. He is the author of Bescheidenheit ("practical wisdom, correct judgement, discretion"), a collection of rhyming aphorisms in 53 thematic divisions, extending to some 4,700 verses. The work was extremely popular in the German Middle Ages and is transmitted in numerous manuscripts, as well as in a Latin translation (Fridangi Discretio).
==Life== Nothing about Freidank's life is known with certainty, such hypotheses as there are based on the language and content of his work Bescheidenheit. He would have been born in the later 12th century, and was likely of Swabian origin.
