The image of nature in the medieval German court lyric poetry and in Konrad von Megenberg’s Buch der Natur

Abstract

On selected examples the author analyzes the concept of nature in the medieval court poetry. German medieval court lyric poetry, identified with love poetry, being the only phenomenon of its kind in the history of literature, surprises one with multitude of forms and themes. Although the motif of nature does not constitute its essence, it still remains its complement, for the image of nature sketched by the poets that emerges from the court poetry is the background of thoughts about love.

The article about the image of nature in Konrad von Megenburg's Buch der Natur makes the reader familiar with the first attempt at systematizing the nature written in German.