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Saintly spouses : chaste marriage in sacred and secular narrative from medieval Germany (12th and 13th centuries) / Claudia Bornholdt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bornholdt, Claudia.
- Series:
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series) ; v. 411.
- Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies (Series)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- Marriage in literature.
- Chastity in literature.
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tempe : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2012.
- Summary:
- Studies the bridal quest epics (minstrel epics or Spielmannsepen), particularly Der Münchner Oswald and Orendel and the twelfth century Latin and German legends of the Saints Henry, Cunegond, and Alexius, all of the heroes of which live pious lives, chastely married.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780866984591
- 0866984593
- OCLC:
- 782128051
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