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May 5, 2018 · The first account of the story of Wilhelm Tell is found at the end of the fifteenth century: The White Book of Sarnen (Das Weiße Buch von Sarnen), “a chronicle compiled between 1470 and 1472 […], contains the first mention of those events of the late thirteen century that allegedly gave rise to the Confederation.”
The historical existence of Tell is disputed. According to popular legend, he was a peasant from Bürglen in the canton of Uri in the 13th and early 14th centuries who defied Austrian authority, was forced to shoot an apple from his son’s head, was arrested for threatening the governor’s life, saved the same governor’s life en route to prison, escaped, and ultimately killed the governor ...
Feb 16, 2022 · The story of William Tell is one of the myths surrounding the creation of the Swiss Confederation. First mentioned in the White Book of Sarnen, a collection of manuscripts dating from 1470, he became a household name thanks to Friedrich von Schiller's play 'Wilhelm Tell'. This is the story of Switzerland's iconic hero who has been held up as the personification of bravery ever since.
Nov 21, 2023 · The very first mention of William Tell, sometimes known as "Wilhelm," was in the White Book of Sarnen, a collection of medieval manuscripts about Swiss History pulled together in 1474 by Hans ...
When William Tell stirs his peers to rebellion to free themselves from the foreign yoke, a young man has to choose between the love for his oppressor’s sister and his aspirations for liberty. Having become the rallying cry of the 1830 revolution, Rossini’s final opera is nothing short of revolutionary itself.
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe At the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver, Stéphane Lambiel performed his short program to "Wilhelm T...
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The Tell plays have their roots in 1912, when Schillers “William Tell” was first staged as an open air production in Matten near Interlaken. Since then this cultural tradition in the Bernese Oberland region has evolved into a cultural gem.
