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Encyclopedia > The Book of the Knight in the Tower
The demon of Vanity and the coquette. From the Ritter vom Turn, 1493
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The demon of Vanity and the coquette. From the Ritter vom Turn, 1493

Der Ritter vom Turn ("The Book of the Knight of the Tower") is the name of the German translation of Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles (1371), written by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry. The work was translated from the French language by Marquard vom Stein, a member of the Swabian nobility. Look up vanity and vain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London. ... French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ... A Swabian is a native of Swabia, a place that is located in the south-west region of Germany. ...


The Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles served as a tutorial for De la Tour Landry's daughters on proper behavior when visiting the royal court, which, the knight warns, is filled with smooth-talking courtiers who could potentially disgrace them and embarrass the family. The author was a widower, and concerned for his daughters' welfare. He takes a strong moral stance against the behavior of his peers. Marquard vom Stein himself had two daughters, Elsa and Jakobea, for whose benefit he claims to have translated the French text.


The German translation was first published in Basel in 1493. The work was also translated into English (as The Book of the Knight in the Tower) during the reign of Henry VI of England and printed by William Caxton in 1484. Location within Switzerland Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as of 2003). ... 1493 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21/22, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471. ... William Caxton (c. ... Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and...


Sources

  • Framing Lives: The Narratives of Behavior in Der Ritter vom Turn

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