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A Companion to Wolfram's Parzival [Paperback]
Will Hasty (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781571134585
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival expands and transforms the Arthurian tradition into a grand depiction of the medieval cosmos around 1200. Standing between clerical and chivalric cultures and articulating the interests and values of both, Wolf... .... Learn More -
Medieval Dutch Drama: Four Secular Plays and Four Farces from the Van Hulthem Manuscript [Paperback]
Joanna C. Prins (Editor)
Regular Price: £11.99
Special Price: £4.95
ISBN: 9781889818078
Published by : Pegasus Press
Four so-called abel plays: Esmoreit, Gloriant, Lancelot of Denmark, and The Debate of Winter and Summer, along with the farces accompanying them in performance: Lippin, Blow-in-the-Box, The Witch, and Ruben. Each is among the earliest known secula... .... Learn More -
Hildegard of Bingen [Paperback]
Sabina Flanagan (Author)
£26.99ISBN: 9780415185516
Published by : Routledge
A fascinating book about Hildegard's extraordinary visionary life and her writings that surpassed those of most of her male contemporaries in breadth, depth and power. With a new preface and updated references to the latest critical material on... .... Learn More -
A Companion to the Nibelungenlied [Hardback]
Winder McConnell (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9781571131515
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This Companion to the Nibelungenlied draws on the expertise of scholars from German, Britain, and the United States to offer the reader fresh perspectives on a wide variety of topics regarding the epic: the latest theories regarding manuscript ... .... Learn More -
A Companion to the Nibelungenlied [Paperback]
Winder McConnell (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9781571134592
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
This Companion to the Nibelungenlied draws on the expertise of scholars from German, Britain, and the United States to offer the reader fresh perspectives on a wide variety of topics regarding the epic: the latest theories regarding manuscript ... .... Learn More -
Vernacular Literary Theory in the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Walter Haug (Author)
£103.00ISBN: 9780521341974
Published by : Cambridge University Press
An examination of genre in the German literature from the period AD 800-1300 and its wider European context. Haug is primarily interested in the ways in which different types of literature were experienced, which texts were intended to be read... .... Learn More -
Medieval German Literature: A Companion [Paperback]
Marion E. Gibbs (Author)
£30.99ISBN: 9780415928960
Published by : Routledge
Intended as an overview or research tool, this book gives chronological surveys of the major genres in medieval German literature from its beginnings in the 8th century to 1400, discussing important works along the way. .... Learn More -
Learning and Persuasion in the German Middle Ages [Paperback]
Ernst Ralf Hintz (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780815321828
Published by : Garland Publishing
A study of vernacular writings on Christian education in Germany from the ninth to twelfth centuries. He takes Augustine's program of pedagogical theory and practice as his starting point, exploring the development of his ideas in the treatises... .... Learn More -
Criticism and Critique: Sidelights on the Konradiner [Paperback]
Donald C. Jackman (Author)
£22.95ISBN: 9781900934008
Published by : Occasional Publications UPR
The Konradiner were the first non-Carolingian dynasty to succeed to the East Frankish throne, and at various points during the tenth century they held ducal office in Franconia, Lotharingia, Swabia and Alsace. The genealogical reconstruction o... .... Learn More -
Mothers and Daughters in Medieval German Literature [Hardback]
Ann Marie Rasmussen (Author)
£47.50ISBN: 9780815627098
Published by : Syracuse University Press
Drawing on the themes of current feminist thought, Rasmussen explores several examples of German literature and poetry to show how fictional mother-daughter characters played out the contradictions of the social and sexual conflicts in medieval... .... Learn More
