Die neue englischsprachige Reihe zur Mediavistik strebt eine methodisch reflektierte, anspruchsvolle Verbindung von Text- und Kulturwissenschaft an. Sie widmet sich den kulturellen Grundthemen der mittelalterlichen Welt aus der Perspektive der Literatur- und Geschichtswissenschaft. 'Grundthemen' sind die kulturpragenden Denkbilder, Weltanschauungen, Sozialstrukturen und Alltagsbedingungen des mittelalterlichen Lebens, also z. B. Kindheit und Alter, Sexualitat, Religion, Medizin, Rituale, Arbeit, Armut und Reichtum, Aberglauben, Erde und Kosmos, Stadt und Land, Krieg, Emotionen,...
Die neue englischsprachige Reihe zur Mediavistik strebt eine methodisch reflektierte, anspruchsvolle Verbindung von Text- und Kulturwissenschaft an...
Older research on the premodern world limited its focus on the Church, the court, and, more recently, on urban space. The present volume invites readers to consider the meaning of rural space, both in light of ecocritical readings and social-historical approaches. While previous scholars examined the figure of the peasant in the premodern world, the current volume combines a large number of specialized studies that investigate how the natural environment and the appearance of members of the rural population interacted with the world of the court and of the city. The experience in rural...
Older research on the premodern world limited its focus on the Church, the court, and, more recently, on urban space. The present volume invites re...
All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong behavior, and much of human culture proves to be the result of a larger discourse on vices and virtues, transgression and ideals, right and wrong. The topics covered in this volume, addressing fundamental concerns of the premodern world, deal with allegedly criminal, or simply wrong behavior which demanded punishment. Sometimes this affected whole groups of people, such as the innocently persecuted Jews, sometimes individuals, such as violent...
All societies are constructed, based on specific rules, norms, and laws. Hence, all ethics and morality are predicated on perceived right or wrong ...
The history of the United States has been deeply determined by Germans throughout time, but hardly anyone has noticed that this was the case in the Southwest as well, known as Arizona/Sonora today, in the eighteenth century as Pimeria Alta. This was the area where the Jesuits operated all by themselves, and many of them, at least since the 1730s, originated from the Holy Roman Empire, hence were identified as Germans (including Swiss, Austrians, Bohemians, Croats, Alsatians, and Poles). Most of them were highly devout and dedicated, hard working and very intelligent people, achieving wonders...
The history of the United States has been deeply determined by Germans throughout time, but hardly anyone has noticed that this was the case in the So...
Although courtly literature is often associated with chivalry and the idyllic life, the essays in this volume show that the quest for love in the world of medieval courtly literature had a dark side marked by the problems of rejection, mistrust, rape, and domestic violence.
Although courtly literature is often associated with chivalry and the idyllic life, the essays in this volume show that the quest for love in the worl...
This volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. The contributors, who originally had presented their research at a symposium at The University of Arizona in May 2013, explore a wide range of approaches and materials pertinent to these issues, taking us from the early Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, capping the volume with some reflections on the relevance of religion today. Lapidary sciences matter here as much as...
This volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spiritu...
By pursuing an ecocritical reading, The Forest in Medieval German Literature examines passages in medieval German texts where protagonists operated in the forest and found themselves either in conflictual situations or in refuge. By probing the way the individual authors dealt with the forest, illustrating how their characters fared in this sylvan space, the role of the forest proved to be of supreme importance in understanding the fundamental relationship between humans and nature. The medieval forest almost always introduced an epistemological challenge: how to cope in life, or how to find...
By pursuing an ecocritical reading, The Forest in Medieval German Literature examines passages in medieval German texts where protagonists operated in...
Im spaten 13. Jahrhundert schuf ein anonymer mittelhochdeutscher Dichter den hofischen Versroman Mai und Beaflor. Er hat bis heute nicht die ihm angemessene Aufmerksamkeit und Anerkennung der Forschung gefunden, obwohl der Text zahlreiche spannende Themen wie das zwischenmenschliche Beziehungsgeflecht, extreme Gefuhlsempfindungen, schwierige juristische Probleme und religiose Konflikte behandelt. Mai und Beaflor gehort zu den Versromanen des spaten 13. Jahrhunderts, die zwar stark sentimental gestaltet sind, die aber einen eigenstandigen Charakter besitzen und aus asthetischer...
Im spaten 13. Jahrhundert schuf ein anonymer mittelhochdeutscher Dichter den hofischen Versroman Mai und Beaflor. Er hat bis heute nicht die ih...
