The essays presented here pay tribute to Hans Sauer as a specialist on English medieval literature and culture. This book shows what we can safely infer from medieval texts and where we need to be cautious or should reassess what has hitherto been suggested. It shows what the Middle Ages inherited from earlier days and transformed during their own time, what they gave to later eras, and what clearly belongs into the realm of fantasy films. The essays mainly concentrate on Old and Middle English prose and poetry, also including theoretical approaches to understanding medieval culture.

Including both synchronic and diachronic approaches, the essays pay tribute to one of Hans Sauer s main specialist fields, namely English lexicography and lexicology. The contents of the articles range from insights into current lexicographical projects to glimpses into the work of eminent (and also lesser known) philologists. They range from lexical studies based on manuscripts and printed editions to those based on electronic data and include morpho-syntactic, semantic, taxonomic and etymological theories and approaches."

Davon ausgehend, dass alt- und mittelenglische Texte von Interessenvertretern der christlichen Gesellschaft verfasst wurden, werden in Adversus Judaeos zahlreiche Einzeltexte analysiert. Diese sind zu thematischen Gruppen zusammengefasst und werden im Hinblick auf die im Mittelalter gangigen Stereotypen von Juden und dem Judentum untersucht. Die Monographie bietet einen nahezu umfassenden Uberblick uber die volkssprachlichen Texte des englischen Mittelalters, in denen sich judenfeindliche Elemente finden lassen. Es zeigt sich, dass nicht nur der namenlose Jude sinnbildlich fur das...