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Ulrich von Lichtenstein

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Ulrich von Lichtenstein (l`rĭkh fən lĭkh`tənshtīn), c.1200–1275, German minnesinger minnesinger , a medieval German knight, poet, and singer of Minne, or courtly love. Originally imitators of Provençal troubadours, minnesingers developed their own style in the 13th and 14th cent.
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. His chief work, Frauendienst [service of his lady] (1255), is a record in verse of a long and convention-bound courtship. His dialogue Frauenbuch (1257) laments the decay of chivalric courtship.


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47Jousting was popularised in the Middle Ages by Bavarian knight Ulrich von Lichtenstein, who fought around Europe wearing women's clothes and a blonde wig -true or false?
Soon William (Heath Ledger) has reinvented himself as the noble and charismatic Ulrich von Lichtenstein - a popular and seemingly indestructible knight who kicks arse at tournaments and wins over women and crowds.
Ledger plays lowly squire William Thatcher, who lives out his childhood dream of becoming a knight by passing himself off in a series of jousting competitions as Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland.
 
 
 
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