Mystic women and lyric poets in medieval society
Subtitle: the literary view of medieval culture during the Romanesque period in Central Europe 900-1300
By: Herbert Schutz
Publisher: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Trier
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9783868212495
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, in literature; Women and literature; Christian literature; History and criticism; Central European literature; Medieval Literature
Description: "This book examines some of the literature which animated the Romanesque period in Central Europe from 900 to 1300 ... Some of the Latin literature, along with the moralizing admonitions, were intended for religious edification of an educated audience, warning of the risks to salvation lurking in secular works. Largely outside of the ecclesiastical context, the role of women as practitioners and theorists within the religious cult and as poetic subjects of the secular love service received greater emphasis. While the literary genres served as didatic instruments, this literature also recorded the erosion of cultural supports, the changes and ultimate societal collapse during the Romanesque period."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Observation and mysticism, liturgical drama, epic and lyric poets : a literary view of medieval culture; title: Aspects of mysticism and the exaltation through music; title: Medieval liturgical drama; title: Medieval poetry : Middle High German epic poetry; title: Medieval poetry : courtly romances; title: Medieval poetry : lyric poetry.