LEADER 04082nam 22006132 450 001 9911008469403321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-281-94924-8 010 $a9786611949242 010 $a1-57113-650-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781571136503 035 $a(CKB)1000000000704698 035 $a(OCoLC)299740286 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10354600 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000262222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232568 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270758 035 $a(PQKB)10790703 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781571136503 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3003582 035 $a(DE-B1597)675184 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781571136503 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000704698 100 $a20120822d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTrial by fire and battle in medieval German literature /$fVickie L. Ziegler 210 1$aSuffolk :$cBoydell & Brewer,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 08$a1-57113-291-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-222) and index. 327 $aDecoding 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." 330 $aMedieval judicial ordeals, especially trial by fire or battle, conjure up vivid pictures in the modern imagination. Yet popular perceptions of the Middle Ages leave the reader without a context in which to understand these most drastic of medieval judicial remedies. This book analyzes literary texts that provide some of the most vivid and detailed accounts of the medieval ordeal: the dramatic treason trials in late medieval Charlemagne epics. The two epics chosen - Stricker's 'Karl der Groe' and the 'Karlmeinet' - treat trial by battle as the living legal reality it was in those times, yet display very different attitudes toward feud and punishment in their respective (13th- and 14th-century) societies. Gottfried's 'Tristan' contains an ordeal by battle, of which the author approves, and an ordeal by fire, of which he does not, reflecting a common position of the intelligentsia of the time. Well after the condemnation of ordeals by the Fourth Lateran Council, the Kunigunde legend preserves the ordeal by fire much as it was portrayed in the mid-12th-century Richardis legend, while Stricker's short secular burlesque 'The Hot Iron,' written in the mid 13th century, makes sport of this formerly serious legal proceeding, reflecting its sudden abandonment as a legal proof following the council's decision. The study brings extensive background material in legal and cultural history to bear on literary texts, helping both medievalists and general readers understand the function of the ordeal in the texts as well as in the larger society for whom these works were written. Vickie L. Ziegler is professor of German and Director of the Center for Medieval Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. 410 0$aStudies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered) 517 3 $aTrial by Fire & Battle in Medieval German Literature 606 $aGerman literature$yMiddle High German, 1050-1500$xHistory and criticism 606 $aOrdeal in literature 615 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aOrdeal in literature. 676 $a830.9/3552 686 $aGF 2618$qBSZ$2rvk 700 $aZiegler$b Vickie L.$01826220 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008469403321 996 $aTrial by fire and battle in medieval German literature$94394187 997 $aUNINA