Walter of Aquitaine

Walter of Aquitaine

. He figures in several epic poems and narratives in medieval languages:

* "Waldere", an Old English fragment
* "Waltharius", a Latin epic written by the monk Ekkehard I of St Gall
* "Chronicon Novaliciense" ("Chronicle of Novalesa"), a Latin prose chronicle composed "c."1060, at Novalesa Abbey [http://www.abbazianovalesa.org/secolo_xi.htm] : Waltarius figures in chapters 7-13
* "Nibelungenlied", an Old High German epic in which Walter is mentioned briefly
* "Walther", a lost Middle High German epic of which several short fragments from different redactions are known. In these the hero is sometimes called "Walther von Kärlingen"
* "Þiðrekssaga", which tells the stories of Walter briefly in chapters 241-244
* "Chronicon Poloniae" ("Chronicle of Poland") by Boguchwał, which outlines the story of Walter as a Polish count, "Wdaly Walczerz", under the year 1135.

The most complete of these is the second, the 9th century Latin epic poem "Waltharius", in which Walter fights single-handedly against the Burgundian king Gunther and his retinue, killing all attackers except for Gunther and Hagen. In later literature, Walter figures in Scheffel's novel "Ekkehard" (1887).

Walter is not a historical king, but the historical nucleus of the events lies in the 5th century (the reign of the Balti dynasty), after king Wallia established a Visigothic kingdom in Aquitaine in 417, clashing with the Vandals under king Gunderic. The Burgundians became neighbours of the Visigoths after being resettled to Savoy by Flavius Aëtius in 443 during the rule of Gunderic of Burgundy.

References

*"Waldere" ed. F. Norman (London: Methuen, 1933) pp. 7-13.

See also A. Ebert, "Allg. Gesch. der Lit. des Mittelalters im Abendlande" (Leipzig, 1874-1887); R. Koegel, "Gesch. der deutschen Literatur bis zum Ausgange des Mittelalters" (vol. i., pt. 11, Strassburg, 1897); M.D. Lamed, "The Saga of Walter of Aquitaine" (Baltimore, 1892); B. Symons, "Deutsche Heldensage" (Strassburg, 1905).


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