1st Edition
Conflicting Femininities in Medieval German Literature
By Karina Marie Ash
Copyright 2012
264 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
258 Pages
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Routledge
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Drastic changes in lay religiosity during the High Middle Ages spurred anxiety about women forsaking their secular roles as wives and mothers for religious ones as nuns and beguines. This anxiety and the subsequent need to model an ideal of feminine behavior for the laity is particularly expressed in the German versions of Latin and French narratives. Using thirteenth-century penitentials,... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? The Virgin Mary in Priester Wernher’s Maria; Chapter 2 Like the Virgin: Diu Vrouwe in Hartmann von Aue’s Gregorius; Chapter 3 Like a Virgin: Diu Maget in Hartmann von Aue’s Der arme Heinrich; Chapter 4 Oh My Man, I Love Him So: Kriemhild in Das Nibelungenlied and Diu Klage; Chapter 5 Pastoral Persuasion and Mystic Rebellion in the Thirteenth Century; Chapter 6 The Champion of Profane Love: Herzeloyde in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival; Chapter 7 A Martyr for Profane Love: Sigune in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival; Chapter 8 The Saint of Profane Love: Giburc in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Willehalm; Chapter 9 Turning the Saint into a Lady: St. Elisabeth in Thirteenth-Century Vitae; Chapter 10 Once I Had a Secret Love: The Ideal Wife in Wigalois and Die Gute Frau; Chapter 11 Keeping Female Religiosity a Secret in Der welsche Gast and Das Frauenbuch; Chapter 12 Taming the Champion: Herzeloude in Albrecht’s Jüngerer Titurel; Chapter 13 From Martyr to Maiden: Sigun in Jüngerer Titurel; Chapter 14 Separating the Saint from the Lady: Arabel in Ulrich von dem Türlin’s Arabel and Kyburg in Ulrich von Turheim’s Rennewart; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Karina Marie Ash received her Ph.D. in Germanic Languages from the University of California in Los Angeles. She is currently teaching medieval German language and literature courses at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
'... this book offers a wealth of material and, as reflected in the title, explores models of femininity presented in medieval German literature of (mostly) the thirteenth century. ... those interested in gender issues in the Middle Ages will find much of value in Ash's book.' The Medieval Review
