The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Lamprecht the Priest

LAMPRECHT THE PRIEST, a middle high German epic poet of the 12th century: date and place of birth and death unknown. Practically all that is known of his life is that he was called &ldquo;the Priest&rdquo; and that he wrote, about 1130, the &lsquo;Alexanderlied,&rsquo; an epic poem, founded on a French poem by Aubry de Besançon, celebrating the life of Alexander the Great. It has been published in several different editions, among them being Vienna (1849), Frankfort (1850), Halle (1884, 1898).