{"product_id":"willehalm","title":"Willehalm","description":"\u003cp\u003eWolfram von Eschenbach (fl. c. 1195-1225), best known as the author of  Parzival, based \u003ci\u003eWillehalm\u003c\/i\u003e, his epic poem of military prowess and courtly  love, on the style and subject matter of an Old French \"chanson de  geste.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn it he tells of the love of Willehalm for Giburc, a Saracen  woman converted to Christianity, and its consequences. Seeking revenge  for the insult to their faith, her relatives initiate a religious war  but are finally routed. Wolfram's description of the two battles of  Alischanz, with their massive slaughter and loss of heroes, and of the  exploits of Willehalm and the quasicomic Rennewart, well displays the  violence and courtliness of the medieval knightly ideal. Wolfram flavors  his brutal account, however, with tender scenes between the lovers,  asides to his audience, sympathetic cameos of his characters--especially  the women--and, most unusually for his time, a surprising tolerance for  'pagans'.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238122082648,"sku":"9780140443998","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780140443998_bd177524-7d93-4712-b477-d2785fe80e56.jpg?v=1765127714","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/willehalm","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}