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Trial by fire and battle in medieval German literature /
Medieval judicial ordeals, especially trial by fire or battle, conjure up vivid pictures in the modern imagination. Yet popular perceptions of the Middle Ages leave the reader without a context in which to understand these most drastic of medieval judicial remedies. This book analyzes literary texts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rochester, N.Y. :
Camden House,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Decoding the codes: treason in the late medieval Karlsepik: Der Stricker's Karl der Grosse and the Karlmeinet
- The ordeals of Tristan and Isolde
- Saintly queens under fire in the Kaiserchronik and in Heinrich und Kunegunde
- Coda: Der Stricker's "Das heisse Eisen."