The studies in this volume shed light on phenomena of competition from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages from various medieval studies disciplines – from history and art history to Old German, English, and Latin. At the center is the question of their risky potential: to what extent do premodern agonal forms and practices put the orders that they produce on the line?
Bent Gebert
Wettkampf Mediävistik Zweikampf höfischer Roman Streitgedicht Thomasin, von Zerklaere: Der welsche Gast Heinrich, von Veldeke: Eneasroman Hartmann, von Aue: Erec Eilhart, von Oberg Märe Legende Competition medieval studies duel chivalric romance