#minnesang

Hie bevorn do wir kynder waren - Hanna Marti

I think it would be a great addition to the text and also a good way to learn a little. I tried to search on my own, but not knowing German really prevented me from learning. And I mainly found pages about the science of radio waves (not even about the apparatus itself) and not what I'm interested in.

Which philosophers and scientists were also being read during those periods?

Any information about the legend of Tannhäuser pre 1800s is also welcome.

"Minnewappen [courtly love arms] of master Heinrich Frauenlob [Henry Womenpraise], who didn't just get rid of his actual name - Marquis of Meißen - but also his lion arms in favour of a lady's head." - Heraldik, Ottfried Neubecker, 1977

Neidhart von Reuental (Her Nîthart)

one of the most famous lyricists and Minnesänger of the high middle ages

Yes!!! I love that so much!! The professor insists that the sources all say the singers were exclusively male and after an hours long argument Jaskier realises that for once he won't get far with dramatic declarations. So he's on for the long game. He collects all of the sources the prof mentions and at the end of the semester he hands in an incredibly detailed essay about why the professor is wrong and how his beloved friends Essi and Pris were amongst the most renown and brilliant bards of their time.

Also, I actually had a couple of lectures about (German) minstrels and here's some stuff I learned that I think Jaskier would have interesting reactions to:

1. Minstrels mercilessly roasting each other

My professor read us a song that one minstrel wrote about their rival and it went a little something like this:

"[name of rival] is the best there is!

You can ask anyone, I insist!

Ask cousins and brothere

and sisters and mothers

- as long as you make sure they are all /his/ relatives."

(implying that his relatives' statements would be meaningless bc they are obligated to lie and say that the minstrel is good even if he's actually terrible.) idk it was funnier in the original. My point is that is totally something Jaskier would have written about Valdo Marx

2. Profanities

Oh boy, medieval stories and songs were full of them. There is a story "Das Nonnenturnier" (the nuns' tournament) about a dick that somehow got detached from the guy it belongs to and wandered around aimlessly until it was found by some nuns and... Uh. Yeah. You can imagine the rest. And that sounds like something Jaskier would write about the temple of Melitele just to rile up Nenneke.

And then there was a song for a Fastnachtspiel (yeah no I have no idea how to translate that) sung by a woman that went something like this:

"I have a big chest,

two round ass cheeks

And a quiver.

An arrow thrusts in

And puts a baby there. "

I don't remember the rest but that part was very memorable. And it's about as sophisticated as Jaskier's "You think you're safe". The original German text uses the word "Arschebacken" and that's just delightful

3. "Das Minneparadox"