Nibelungenlied | Themes
The Nibelungenlied is a heroic epic which tells the story of the knight Siegfried's marriage to Kriemhild and his subsequent death at the hands of Kriemhild's kinsman, Hagen. In the second part of the story, Kriemhild marries Etzel, King of the Huns. She uses her new position to exact revenge on Hagen for her husband's death; her own brothers and many more of her kinsmen die in the process.
Chivalry
Chivalry was a code of behavior which evolved in the Middle Ages. It is associated with the tradition of mounted knights in armor, lords and ladies, feasts, jousts,...
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