The notions of other peoples, cultures, and natural conditions have always been determined by the epistemology of imagination and fantasy, providing much freedom and creativity, and yet have also created much fear, anxiety, and horror....

Die literarische Bearbeitung des Erotischen scheint eine der schwierigsten künstlerischen Aufgaben zu sein, hat aber stets noch provozierend und stimulierend gewirkt. Die damit verbundenen Probleme sind, abhängig von der Epoche,...

Theophrast von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) gehörte zwar zu den herausragenden Ärzten seiner Zeit, war aber zugleich heftig umkämpft, wie die Entwicklung der Medizingeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts überhaupt vor Augen führt, als viele...

This volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. The contributors, who...

"Freedom, Imprisonment, and Slavery in the Pre-Modern World: Cultural-Historical, Social-Literary, and Theoretical Reflections" von Albrecht Classen untersucht die komplexen Konzepte von Freiheit, Gefangenschaft und Sklaverei in der...

Despite a modern tendency to describe medieval women as suppressed and marginalized, a critical reading of relevant texts by female poets/writers demonstrates that women all over Europe in the premodern era enjoyed considerable freedom...

Sowohl die Konstituierung von Gesellschaft als auch der Gebrauch von Sprache an sich repräsentieren wichtige Probleme bereits der mittelalterlicher Welt. Mit Hilfe moderner kommunikationstheoretischer Überlegungen (Habermas, Luhmann,...

Medieval historians and literary scholars have not ignored the topic of sexual violence and rape, but the primary focus has regularly rested on English, French, or Italian documents. Here we have the first book-length study that...

Older research on the premodern world limited its focus on the Church, the court, and, more recently, on urban space. The present volume invites readers to consider the meaning of rural space, both in light of ecocritical readings and...

Death is not only the final moment of life, it also casts a huge shadow on human society at large. People throughout time have had to cope with death as an existential experience, and this also, of course, in the premodern world. The...