Three Political Tales From Medieval Germany

Author : Brian Murdoch
Publisher : Camden House (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1805433083

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Three Political Tales from Medieval Germany by Brian Murdoch Pdf

"Fresh, accurate, and accessible translations of three texts that reveal much about medieval political thought and are surprisingly relevant to the precariousness of present-day political systems. Recent political events around the world, not least January 6, 2021, have shown that political systems long thought to be resilient can be surprisingly at risk. This edition offers an introduction to and prose translations of three texts that demonstrate just how precarious things can be even in a rigidly structured society (here the medieval Holy Roman Empire). The texts, the anonymously authored Duke Ernst, Konrad of Würzburg's Henry of Kempten, and Heinrich's Reynard the Fox, are also literary works, designed to entertain. Two of them are adventure stories, but carry a message about the care needed to prevent the escalation of violence; the third is a bleak warning against unscrupulous advisors. As works of literature they are varied. The first moves from recognizable history to develop into an early fantasy novel, as the central character goes boldly to distant places outside the known world and meets, fights with, and learns from strange and alien creatures, before returning to the "real" world. The second, a novella, is ostensibly about chivalric bravery, but it is set in a pre-chivalric period, and shows how (then as now) a trivial incident can escalate towards disaster. The third is an animal fable, part of the extensive tradition of Reynard the Fox, initially familiar, but developing into a violent and dark tale that ends with the death of a king"--

Author : Brian Murdoch
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640141858

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Three Political Tales from Medieval Germany by Brian Murdoch Pdf

"Fresh, accurate, and accessible translations of three texts that reveal much about medieval political thought and are surprisingly relevant to the precariousness of present-day political systems. Recent political events around the world, not least January 6, 2021, have shown that political systems long thought to be resilient can be surprisingly at risk. This edition offers an introduction to and prose translations of three texts that demonstrate just how precarious things can be even in a rigidly structured society (here the medieval Holy Roman Empire). The texts, the anonymously authored Duke Ernst, Konrad of Wèurzburg's Henry of Kempten, and Heinrich's Reynard the Fox, are also literary works, designed to entertain. Two of them are adventure stories, but carry a message about the care needed to prevent the escalation of violence; the third is a bleak warning against unscrupulous advisors. As works of literature they are varied. The first moves from recognizable history to develop into an early fantasy novel, as the central character goes boldly to distant places outside the known world and meets, fights with, and learns from strange and alien creatures, before returning to the "real" world. The second, a novella, is ostensibly about chivalric bravery, but it is set in a pre-chivalric period, and shows how (then as now) a trivial incident can escalate towards disaster. The third is an animal fable, part of the extensive tradition of Reynard the Fox, initially familiar, but developing into a violent and dark tale that ends with the death of a king"--

Author : Benjamin Arnold
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349256778

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Medieval Germany, 500–1300 by Benjamin Arnold Pdf

Medieval Germany, 500-1300 is an interpretation of the foundation of Germany based upon the three most outstanding characteristics of the medieval polity: its division into several distinct peoples with their own customs, dialects, and economic interests from whom the later 'Germans' would be drawn; the imperial ambitions to which the successive German dynasties aspired; and the structure of German kingship, which was a military, religious, and juridical exercise of authority rather than a meticulous administration based upon scribal institutions.

Author : Benjamin Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0802080537

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Medieval Germany, 500-1300 by Benjamin Arnold Pdf

"Medieval Germany 500-1300" is a Bold, Comprehensive political interpretation of the foundation of Germany based upon its three most outstanding characteristics: its division into several distinct peoples with their own customs, dialects, and economic interests; the imperial ambitions to which the successive ruling dynasties of Germany aspired; and the structure of German kingship, which was a military, religious, and juridicial exercise of authority rather than a meticulous administration based upon scribal institutions.

Author : Alpert (von Metz)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Germany
ISBN : 0888443021

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Warfare and Politics in Medieval Germany, Ca. 1000 by Alpert (von Metz) Pdf

Written in the early eleventh century, the De diversitate temporum by Alpert of Metz is an indispensable contemporary account for our understanding of the history of the Low Countries at the turn of the first millennium, and provides insight into the organization of the German kingdom at a point of transition that was marked by the end of the Ottonian dynasty

Author : Alpert (von Metz)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Germany
ISBN : 1771103485

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Warfare and Politics in Medieval Germany, Ca. 1000 by Alpert (von Metz) Pdf

Author : John R. Sommerfeldt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761868392

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The Flight and Fall of the Eagle by John R. Sommerfeldt Pdf

The intellectual, cultural, and political renaissance that characterized the Europe of Charlemagne was threatened severely by invasions from all sides. Only Germany avoided the consequent phenomenon of feudalism. This was due to a series of rulers who provided protection to the people, reform to the Church, and patronage of cultural revival. From the thirteenth century, this cultural and political unity began to fragment, and by 1648 what had been a successful revival of the Roman Empire had been destroyed. In addition to tracing the political, cultural and religious history of medieval Germany, this volume examines the thought of outstanding German men and women, and includes an extensive account of the changing status of German Jews.

Author : Ernst Ralf Hintz,Scott E. Pincikowski
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571139894

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The End-times in Medieval German Literature by Ernst Ralf Hintz,Scott E. Pincikowski Pdf

Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.

Author : Manfred Stassen
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0826415113

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Philosophical and Political Writings: Martin Heidegger by Manfred Stassen Pdf

Here is the essential Heidegger, a most controversial figure. Following a cogent introduction by Manfred Stassen, this collection is divided into three sections: The Man - Politics and Ideology; The Method - Philosophy from Phenomenology to "Thanking"; and The Message - From "Being" to "Beyng." All but one of the translations is a classic rendition. Among the content: "The Jewish Contamination of German Spiritual Life" (1929); "Follow the Fnhrer!" (1934); "The Thinker as Poet" (1947); "The Task of Destructuring of the History of Ontology (1927); "My Way to Phenomenology" (1963); "Being-in-the-World as Being-with and Being a Self: The 'They' (1927); "Care as the Being of Da-sein" (1927); "àPoetically, Man Dwellsà" (1951); "The Question Concerning Technology" (1949); and much more.

Author : Albrecht Classen,Maurice Sprague
Publisher : Medieval and Renaissance Texts
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015073597562

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Erotic Tales of Medieval Germany by Albrecht Classen,Maurice Sprague Pdf

Author : Martha Bayless
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350187634

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A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages by Martha Bayless Pdf

Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant improprieties of many wildly popular tales of sex and trickery. The analysis includes the most influential authors of the age, such as Chaucer, Boccaccio, Juan Ruiz, and Hrothswitha of Gandersheim, as well as lesser-known works and genres, such as songs of insult, nonsense-texts, satirical church paintings, topical jokes, and obscene pilgrim badges. The analysis touches on most of the literatures of medieval Europe, including a discussion of the formal attitudes toward humor in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. The volume demonstrates the many ways in which medieval humor could be playful, casual, sophisticated, important, subversive, and even dangerous. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: form, theory, praxis, identities, the body, politics and power, laughter, and ethics.

Author : Samuel Kline Cohn,Douglas Aiton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107027800

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Popular Protest in Late Medieval English Towns by Samuel Kline Cohn,Douglas Aiton Pdf

Draws new attention to popular protest in medieval English towns, away from the more frequently studied theme of rural revolt.

Author : Oliver J. Thatcher,Edgar Holmes McNeal
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664635907

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A Source Book for Mediæval History by Oliver J. Thatcher,Edgar Holmes McNeal Pdf

A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.

Author : Vickie L. Ziegler
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1571132910

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Trial by Fire and Battle in Medieval German Literature by Vickie L. Ziegler Pdf

Well after the condemnation of ordeals by the Fourth Lateran Council, the Kunigunde legend preserves the ordeal by fire in a sort of hagiographic amber, much as it was portrayed in the mid-twelfth-century Richardis legend, while Stricker's short secular burlesque "The Hot Iron," written in the mid-thirteenth century, makes sport of this formerly serious legal proceeding, reflecting the almost immediate abandonment of trial by fire as a legal proof in many areas after the council's decision."

Author : Karl Fugelso
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843845560

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Politics and Medievalism (studies) by Karl Fugelso Pdf

Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages,