Germanic

ISBN: 9781571131997
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This collection of eleven commissioned papers does not focus on individual texts but instead examines the origins of early Germanic literature and its relationship to the other Germanic languages, and cultures, of Europe. The emphasis throughou... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781571132406
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Ten specially commissioned papers, examine the language, genres and historical context of German literature between 750 and 1100. In his introduction, Brian Murdoch discusses the cultural make-up of early medieval Germany, and the effect of Rom... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781571132918
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Ordeals by fire and by battle were a fact of the medieval German legal system between 800 and 1200. They were also a popular and dramatic feature of German literary texts, including the nostalgic romances of the 13th and 14th centuries. This d... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780812238020
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Mechthild of Magdeburg's The Flowing Light of the Godhead was the first book written by a female mystic in vernacular German, yet it is now almost forgotten. This detailed study examines the reasons for this, arguing that it was because Mecht... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843840145
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This specialised study of alliteration in the Saxon poetry of Germany and, to a lesser extent, England, presents a close reading of the Heliland , the most extensive Old German poem. The metre of this Gospel poem is then compared with that of t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843840213
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
For many of us, the most familiar female medieval writers were mystics and in Germany very few other women were permitted a voice. Classen also notes that German literary scholarship has not been interested in seeking out the identities and wor... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843842965
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
For many of us, the most familiar female medieval writers were mystics and in Germany very few other women were permitted a voice. Classen also notes that German literary scholarship has not been interested in seeking out the identities and wor... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780268041083
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm was a 13th-century epic of conflict between Christian and Saracen at the time of the crusades. Highly popular among medieval audiences it survives in various forms. This study examines a rather unusual illust... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780268041090
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm was a 13th-century epic of conflict between Christian and Saracen at the time of the crusades. Highly popular among medieval audiences it survives in various forms. This study examines a rather unusual illust... .... Learn More