Der Kanzler

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'Der Kanzler' was a 13th century German Minnesanger. He was a minstrel and songwriter who probably worked in Upper Germany at the end of the 13th century. From him 77 stanzas are known, which were handed down in the Codex Manesse. Very little is known about the Chancellor's life. His work can be dated to the last third of the 13th century on the basis of the earliest transmission of Chancellor stanzas in the Basler Rolle and the influence of Konrad von Würzburg . The name Kanzler was a common surname throughout southern Germany in the 13th century and should therefore not have marked any political office of the poet. An exact geographical location is not possible, but his poetic language suggests an Upper German origin. It was very likely a member of the middle class who led a life as a traveling poet. This is indicated on the one hand by hints in his hymns and on the other hand by the Meistersinger manuscripts that have come down to us later. Equating the chancellor with a schoolmaster from Offenburg, who appears in documents from 1312 and 1323, has not been proven. The main argument against this is the self-description of the chancellor as a traveler in his chants. As the records show, the chancellor was no stranger: numerous mastersingers wrote poetry in his tones, mentioned his name and included him among the twelve old masters . The chancellor was probably a student of Konrad von Würzburg, whose poetic work served as a model for him. It is unclear whether he wrote

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