Albrecht Classen

Charlemagne in Medieval German and Dutch Literature (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive survey of the legend of Charlemagne in the medieval German-speaking world.

The legend of the Frankish emperor Charlemagne is widespread through the literature of the European Middle Ages. This book offers a detailed and critical analysis of how this myth emerged and developed in medieval German and Dutchliteratures, bringing to light the vast array of narratives either idealizing, if not glorifying, Charlemagne as a political and religious leader, or, at times, criticizing or even ridiculing him as a pompous and ineffectual ruler. The motif is traced from its earlest origins in chronicles, in the Kaiserchronik, through the Rolandslied and Der Stricker's Karl der Große, to his recasting as a saint in the Zürcher Buch vom Heiligen Karl.

ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wits University Press
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781800100626
• Artikelnr.: 61249661

Autorenporträt

ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: From the Early Middle Ages to the Late Sixteenth Century 1.
The Kaiserchronik: The Emergence of Charlemagne in Chronicle Literature 2.
Priest Konrad's Rolandslied and the Glorification of Charlemagne 3. The
Stricker's Karl der Große: Adaptation and Innovation of the Myth of
Charlemagne in the Thirteenth Century 4. The Myth of Charlemagne in
Fourteenth-Century German Literature:The Karl Meinet Compilation 5.
Elisabeth von Nassau-Saarbrücken's Königin Sibille: The Double-Edged Sword
in the German and the Dutch Prose Version 6. Charlemagne in the Dutch and
German Tradition of Malagis 7. Charlemagne as Saint: The Religious
Transmutation of the Early Medieval Myth. The Zürcher Buch vom Heiligen
Karl (Fifteenth Century) 8. Charlemagne in Middle Dutch and Middle Low
German Literature Afterword Bibliography