Title: Chivalry in twelfth-century Germany : the works of Hartmann von Aue /
Authors: Jackson, W. H.
Publisher: D.S. Brewer,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Hartmann, Criticism and interpretation.; Arthurian romances History and criticism.; Chivalry in literature; Knights and knighthood in literature.
Contents: 1. King Arthur and the Rise of Knighthood. Arthur's kingship and the rise of knighthood in the twelfth century. Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. The Arthurian romances of Chretien de Troyes. Hartmann's adaptations of Erec and Yvain. King Arthur and the social context of Hartmann's works -- 2. Knighthood and Social Status in Twelfth-Century Germany and in Hartmann's Erec. Preliminary sketch. Knighthood and military function. Knights in lordly retinues: ritter and knehte, ritter and vrouwen. Knighthood and social differentiation in the twelfth century: ritters name. Knighthood and nobility in historical sources. Knighthood and nobility in Hartmann's Erec -- 3. Knighthood and the Ethics of Force in Erec. Peace movements, the court and the development of knightly ethics. The role of combats in the composition of Erec. Iders: combat and the restoration of order. The tournament and honour. Erec's verligen and the world of adventure.