Individual remembering and forgetting is, as we know, not subject to conscious intention, but is part of a collective process of remembering which is formed in part by cultural change. Thus 'memory writing' is dependent far more on the effects of narrative and linguistic models than directed by historical truth. German Studies have approached this topic, which has been reignited through the controversies surrounding the Nazi past of prominent authors. The present volume documents the intensive discussions conducted on the subject at the Annual German Studies Conference held in Marburg in...
Individual remembering and forgetting is, as we know, not subject to conscious intention, but is part of a collective process of remembering which ...
Jerusalem, in her central role for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, became the setting for - or even the protagonist of - oral, written and pictorial narratives. These range from the Bible and Apocrypha, historical and hagiographical texts and legends to accounts of physical, imaginary or spiritual pilgrimage, and related images. Places in and around the city have been associated with narratives and vice versa. This collection of essays discusses the complex entanglements between Jerusalem, as a continuously redefined space, and her narratives, viewed from broad methodological and...
Jerusalem, in her central role for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, became the setting for - or even the protagonist of - oral, written and pictorial ...
Aus dem Mittelalter ist eine riesige und für die Forschung schier unübersehbare Menge an chronikalischen Werken überliefert, in denen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart festgehalten, literarisch aufbereitet und interpretiert werden. Das vorliegende Handbuch stellt die wichtigsten mittelalterlichen Chroniken anhand ihrer Konzeption und ihrer jeweiligen Funktionen systematisch vor...
