Justice and the Social Context of Early Middle High German Literature (Studies in Medieval History and Culture)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 31, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780415936859
First sentence: In an older study on the social demands and views of the Early Middle High German poets, Maria Mackensen underlined the ubiquity of the concept of reht in the Early Middle High German poems:"The idea of Recht is known to all religious poetry beginning with the Memento mori."
Description: "This book argues that far from preaching traditional, otherworldly ideals, the authors of these religious works were deeply engaged in the social, political, and spiritual issues that characterized the Holy Roman Empire at a time of radical transformation."--BOOK JACKET.