This only surviving copy of the prose story Frau Tugendreich was
written by an unknown author in the circle of Emperor Maximilian I
in the second decade of the 16th century. The text is a mixture of
a ‘Zeitroman’ (a novel giving a critical analysis of an age)
and a debate about the value of women or the lack thereof. An
external narrative frame presents a discussion between a young
narrator beholden to the courtly ideal and his more experienced
master, who clings to a traditional view of women, about the value,
significance and conduct of women. Unfortunately from p. 196 on,
essential parts of the text have been lost due to missing pages.
This copy, written in East Swabian dialect by scribe A. S. (p.
219), is dated 1521.
Place
Preferred form
Germany, Southern (?)
Original form
Southern Germany
Preferred form
Switzerland, Northern (?)
Original form
Northern Switzerland
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
