Vorstellungswelten der mittelalterlichen Überlieferung

Zeitgenössische Wahrnehmungen und ihre moderne Interpretation

Edited by Jürgen Sarnowsky Series edited by Nikolaus Henkel Series edited by Jürgen Sarnowsky

Book cover: Vorstellungswelten der mittelalterlichen Überlieferung

Extent: 243 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Nova Mediaevalia

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(October 2012)

ISBN: 9783847100256

6.46 x 9.69 inches

Price: $82.00

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For the past few decades, modern scholars of mediaeval studies have no longer enquired merely into “what it was really like” when interpreting sources, but have tried to get a closer insight into the images, perceptions and ideas of people in the Middle Ages. This volume on the one hand elaborates on exemplary contempory notions – partly on an historiographical basis – and on the other scrutinizes modern perceptions of medieaval people and developments with the help of contemporary sources.

Dr. Jürgen Sarnowsky ist pensionierter Professor für mittelalterliche Geschichte an der Universität Hamburg und Vorsitzender der Historischen Kommission für ost- und westpreußische Landesforschung.

  • Edited by Jürgen Sarnowsky
  • Series edited by Nikolaus Henkel
  • Series edited by Jürgen Sarnowsky