Konrad von Würzburg, Heinrich von Kempten (1271/77)
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Maere and Novellas
Konrad von Würzburg, Heinrich von Kempten (1271/77)
von der Hagen, Fr. H.: Gesammtabenteuer. Hundert altdeutsche Erzählungen, 3 vols. Stuttgart/Tübingen 1850. Reprint Darmstadt 1961. Vol. 1, nr. 4, p. 63–83
KvWHK-80:
Emperor Otto’s oath, if sworn on his beard during an Easter reception, is irrevocable. The Duke of Schwaben’s son, together with his teacher, Heinrich von Kempten, comes to Easter mass which the emperor is attending. During mass, the tables are laid. One boy takes a piece of bread, and, although of high rank, is beaten heavily with a truncheon. They report it to the emperor, who swears on his beard that Heinrich should pay for it with his life. In his distress, Heinrich takes the beard, pulls the emperor down, and forces him with a knife on his throat to let him go.
Motif References:
Q 285 Cruelty punished
Q 431 Punishment: banishment (exile)
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