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Garel von dem blühenden Tal (Garel of the Flowering Valley) is a medieval Arthurian romance composed by Der Pleier
around 1230-40. It appears to have been written in contradiction to Der Stricker's Daniel von Blumenthal
. It consists of 21,310 lines in rhyming couplets; the beginning is missing.
After a journey, King Arthur receives a declaration of war from King Ekunaver. Garel von Blumenthal
leaves Arthur's court in order to raise troops for the war. On the way various adventures befall him, amongst which he lays siege to the castle of Sir Eskilabon, who had taken several knights prisoner, and frees many prisoners from the power of two giants. By killing the gruesome monster Vulganus he wins the hand of the beautiful Laudamie. Garel then gains a victory over Ekunaver before Arthur even arrives with his army. His success is celebrated in a banquet at the Round Table, before which he marries Laudamie.
The story is illustrated in frescoes to be found at Runkelstein Castle in South Tyrol
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Der Pleier
Der Pleier is the pen name of a Middle High German poet active between 1240 and 1270 whose real name is unknown. He is the author of three long romances all on Arthurian subjects, the most famous of which is Garel von dem blühenden Tal , but little else is known of him...
around 1230-40. It appears to have been written in contradiction to Der Stricker's Daniel von Blumenthal
Daniel von Blumenthal
Daniel von dem blühenden Tal is an Arthurian romance composed around 1220 by the Middle High German poet Der Stricker, who claimed he had received the story from a French troubadour...
. It consists of 21,310 lines in rhyming couplets; the beginning is missing.
After a journey, King Arthur receives a declaration of war from King Ekunaver. Garel von Blumenthal
Von Blumenthal
The von Blumenthal family are German nobility from Brandenburg-Prussia. Other, unrelated, families of this name exist in Switzerland and formerly in Russia, and many unrelated families called "Blumenthal" without "von" are to be found worldwide.The family was already noble from earliest times ,...
leaves Arthur's court in order to raise troops for the war. On the way various adventures befall him, amongst which he lays siege to the castle of Sir Eskilabon, who had taken several knights prisoner, and frees many prisoners from the power of two giants. By killing the gruesome monster Vulganus he wins the hand of the beautiful Laudamie. Garel then gains a victory over Ekunaver before Arthur even arrives with his army. His success is celebrated in a banquet at the Round Table, before which he marries Laudamie.
The story is illustrated in frescoes to be found at Runkelstein Castle in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
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