MDT Ep. 92: Helmbrecht Begins, or How to Become a Robber Knight

Medieval Death Trip

English - July 09, 2022 16:02 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 228 ratings
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In this episode we learn how important good hair is to becoming a medieval cattle rustler with part one of the 13th-century poem Meier Helmbrecht.

Today's Text:
Wernher der Gartenaere. Meir Helmbrecht. In Peasant Life in Old German Epics, translated by Clair Hayden Bell, Columbia UP, 1931. Archive.org.