{"product_id":"chivalry-in-twelfth-century-germany-the-works-of-hartmann-von-aue-9780859914314","title":"Chivalry in Twelfth Century Germany  The Works of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in English to cover the whole production of Hartmann von Aue (\u003ci\u003efl.\u003c\/i\u003e1180-1203), a figure of paramount importance in the history of medieval German literature... His book is refreshing...and full of stimulating ideas. MEDIUM AEVUMFirst full-scale exploration of knighthood and chivalric values in poems of key figure in 12c German literature, Hartmann von Aue.\u003c\/b\u003e`Concerned principally to situate Hartmann's works in their social and cultural historical context, Jackson's carefully constructed and lucidly written book will be required and compelling reaading at every level of interest, fromundergraduate student to specialist scholar. It expounds knighthood as the major theme of Hartmann's varied oeuvre, reflected and refracted through the prism of different genres, fictional material and narrative positions. Jackson's unrivalled grasp of the historical evidence for the material, social and ideological dimensions of chivalry in the twelfth century is brought to bear on the texts in a way which never reduces these to mere functions of an extra-literary reality, but brings out the subtle and dynamic interplay of their aesthetic patterns and documentary correlatives... The book also builds up a persuasive framework for understanding Hartmann's literary production as a whole and for grasping it as an evolving reflection of and on knighthood as the key mode and model of social self-realisation for his chivalric audience.' FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES Hartmann von Aue is a major figure in medieval German literature, and his works document key features of the history of chivalry in an important phase of transition and consolidation. This book is the first full-scale enquiry undertaken of the presentation of the role ofknighthood across the full range of Hartmann's works, considering the social, ideological and literary dimensions of chivalry and fruitfully combining literary, linguistic and historical approaches. The opening chapters place Hartmann's works in the broader perspective of Arthurian literature and of kingship and chivalry in western Europe, and in the context of the changing historical reality of knighthood as a military and a social order in twelfth-century Germany. Further chapters are devoted to each of his works, \u003ci\u003eErec, Gregorius\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKlage\u003c\/i\u003e and his lyrics, \u003ci\u003eDer arme Heinrich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDwein\u003c\/i\u003e, which are interpreted both with a historical\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA richly informative study which consistently shows the benefits to be derived from a treatment of the subject in relation to Hartmann's works in their entirety, from a thorough knowledge of the most recent scholarship on Hartmann and on the historical, legal, and cultural background, from detailed comparisons of Hartmann's texts with their known sources, and from a superbly integrated assessment of the linguistic, literary, and external evidence. The view of Hartmann's `literary self-interpretation of knighthood' which emerges is convincing through ist meticulous demonstration of an author at pains to criticise, but not reject, his profession in a period of transition. YEAR'S WORK IN MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIESThe first book in English to cover the whole production of Hartmann von Aue (fl.1180-1203), a figure of paramount importance in the history of medieval German literature... His book is refreshing...and full of stimulating ideas. MEDIUM AEVUM This extremely perceptive analysis of the works of Hartmann von Aue in relation to the social, legal and political realities of the later twelfth century in Germany constitutes a formidable...(contd short) * . *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 King Arthur and the rise of knighthood: Arthur's kingship and the rise of knighthood in the 12th century; Geoffrey of Monmouth's \"Historia Regum Britanniae\"; the Arthurian romances of Chretien de Troyes; Hartmann's adaptations of \"Erec\" and \"Yvain\"; King Arthur and the social context of Hartmann's works. Part 2 Knighthood and social status in 12th-Century Germany and in Hartmann's \"Erec\": knighthood and military function; knights in lordly retinues - \"ritter\" and \"knehte\", \"ritter\" and \"vrouwen ritters name\"; knighthood and social differentiation in the 12th century; knighthood and nobility in historical sources; knighthood and nobility in Hartmann's \"Erec\". Part 3 Knighthood and the ethics of force in \"Erec\": peace movements, the court and the development of knightly ethics; the role of combats in the composition of \"Erec\"; Iders - combat and the restoration of order; the tournament and honour; Erec's \"verligen\" and the world of adventure; the robbers and the giants - robbery, captivity and ethical progress; Galoain and Oringles - lordship and violence; Guivreiz - \"aventiure\", \"triuwe\" and the proper grounds for combat; Mabonagrin - knighthood and the joy of the court; chivalric values, aesthetic form and the historical situation of Hartmann's \"Erec\". Part 4 \"Gregorius\" - knighthood in perspective: \"Gregorius\" and the three estates; the view of knighthood in the debate between Gregorius and the abbot; the moral evaluation of chivalry in \"Gregorius\"; penance, contrition and the inner life. Part 5 Knighthood, love service and the crusade in Hartmann's \"Klage\" and his lyrics: the figure of the knight in the 12th-century \"minnesang\"; lessons in love - the \"Klage\"; the ethics of service and reward in Hartmann's lyrics; knighthood and conversion - Hartmann's crusading songs. Part 6 \"Der Arme Heinrich\" - lord, peasant and lay literacy: Hartmann and lay literacy; knighthood and moral insight; aristocracy and peasantry. Part 7 Knighthood in \"Iwein\" - voices of the characters: introduction - knighthood and narrative voice; Iwein's awakening - the basis of a chivalric identity; Gawein's advice - knighthood, marriage and lordship over lands; Lunete's accusation - knighthood and \"triuwe\". Part 8 Knighthood in \"Iwein\" - social, legal and ethical dimensions of the action: Arthur's realm - Laudine's realm; the opening cycle - honour and self-assertion; the main cycle - justice and moral reflection; \"aventiure\", trial by combat and the role of courtliness; chivalric values, aesthetic form and the historical situation of Hartmann's \"Iwein\". Part 9 Conclusions.","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406348198231,"sku":"9780859914314","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chivalry-in-twelfth-century-germany-the-works-of-hartmann-von-aue-9780859914314","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}