Ebook: Hofkritik in der mittelhochdeutschen höfischen Epik: Studien zur Interdiskursivität der Musik- und Kleiderdarstellung in Gottfrieds von Straßburg 'Tristan', Hartmanns von Aue 'Ereck', der 'Kudrun' und im 'Nibelungenlied'

In the 12^th and 13^th centuries, contemporary courtly literature exalted court culture while also subjecting it to culturally critical self-reflection. Based on a presentation of music and clothing in four central texts, this study shows how stereotypical patterns of argumentation in Latin court criticism made their way into courtly epic literature and counterbalanced excessively exalted topoi of courtliness.