This is the first scholarly edition of the High German prose rendering of the French source text by Renaud de Montauban in the 1535 Simmern version. The anonymous author is Johann II of Simmern. A postface gives detailed information on the origins, dissemination, historical transmission and reception of the narrative material in European art, music and literature.

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Werner Wunderlich ist Direktor des Instituts für Medien-Kommunikationsmanagement und Inhaber des Lehrstuhls »Medien und Kultur« an der Universität St. Gallen.