This literary study examines representations of social communication in the European literature of the 12th to the 16th centuries. It describes the social constellations and communicative practices (such as narration, discussion), which mark social situations. It demonstrates that the basic principles of being social already shaped literature in the Middle Ages. Besides texts of Middle High German literature, the study focuses on the concepts of social communication in two texts by Boccaccio (Filocolo, Decameron ), which exercised an especially powerful influential on the European...

The new series in German medieval studies includes central topics of current research debates in medieval studies and provides a place for groundbreaking research in the subject literature. The series is intended to give international and young researchers/research teams the possibility to effectively present innovative surveys and discussions to the scientific community. The series sees itself as a 'young' research forum with a high standard of quality and is therefore also open to excellent degree theses, should they enhance the series. The series presents problem-oriented anthologies,...