Medieval Europe

Medieval Europe —— Knights and Tales

The Peers • Duke • Marques • Earl Count • Viscount • Baron

•Dux •Marchio •Comes •Baro

• Duc • Marquis • Comte • Vicomte • Baron

•Archduke •Prince •Grand Prince •Baronet •Knight •Troubadours & Trouvères

King Arthur’s Legend

Tristan et Isolde

Story Summary • Tristan served in King Marc’s court in Cornwall as a knight. • He went to Ireland and proposed Isolde to marry Marc. • Tristan and Isolde fell in love, because of drinking a love portion at the same time. • Isolde, the Princess of Ireland married Marc, the King of Cornwall. • Their affair was discovered and they ran away into the forest.

•They were forgiven by Marc. And Tristan went to Brittany in exile. There, he married another Isolde, the Princess of Brittany. •He went back to Cornwall with his wife. •He was attacked by his enemy and received fatal wounds. •He sent for Isolde the Queen, but his wife kept the news of her arriving out of jealousy. •Tristan died without knowing the person who could cure him was nearby. And Isolde chose to die after him.

The Ring of the Nibelungen Nibelungenlied Brunhild Gunther Kriemhild Hagen

Der Ring des Nibelungen 6.Das Rheingold The Gold of Rhein 7.Die Walküre The Valkyries 8.Siegfried 9.Götterdämmerung The Twilight of the Gods

Vladislavs ‘Tepes’ Dracula •Born in 1431, in Wallachia •Sent to Turkey as a hostage in 1442 •Returned in 1446 •Became Prince of Wallachia in 1456 •Assailed by the Turks and escaped to Transylvania in about 1462 •Returned to the throne in 1475 •Assassinated in 1476

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