Friedrichs Elias. Manheit und Kampf in der Literatur des Mittelalters: Ritterliche Gewalt zwischen Praxeologie und Konventionalität am Beispiel des Iwein und der Steirischen Reimchronik

De Gruyter, 2023. — 364 S. — (Literatur – Theorie – Geschichte 27).In high medieval literature, manheit describes the ability to fight and to use violence, and was therefore the knight’s most important characteristic. This study shows how in texts like Iwein and the Steierische Reimchronik, warlike and violent actions are staged as manheit and battle, and how the legitimization of the chivalric potential for violence by aristocratic rulers is glorified.