Creative faithfullness The prose version of Flore und Blanscheflur in the Zürcher Buch vom heiligen Karl (15^th century)

The Zürcher Buch vom heiligen Karl (before 1475) is a compilation of German and Latin sources about Charlemagne, brought together in order to present a saint’s life. The article analyses the opening of the Zürcher Buch, which contains the story of Florus and Pantschiflur as told in Konrad Fleck’s romance Flore und Blanscheflur (c. 1200), and which is an adaptation of the Conte de Floire et Blancheflor. The episode highlights the structural reworking of the text as well as the hagiographic interpretations of the author of the Zürcher Buch.