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. Searing iron and clashing swords shape popular perceptions of the Middle Ages, yet leave the reader without a context in which to understand this most dramatic and most drastic of medieval judicial remedies. This book brings together literary texts that provide some of the most vivid and detailed accounts of the medieval ordeal. It analyzes the dramatic treason trials in late medieval Charlemagne epics, where the great emperor presides over the judicial combat that convicts his nephew Roland's killer. The two epics chosen -- Str…
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- ISBN: 978-1-57113-291-8
- EAN: 9781571132918
- Produktnummer: 1634453
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B16.3 cm x D2.4 cm 522 g
- Gewicht: 522
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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