Ebook: Handbuch Minnesang

The Minnesang, or courtly love-song, is the most important type of medieval German lyric. The texts in this handbook portray the Minnesang in great depth, discussing their authors, subjects, semantics, and various research questions. At the same time, this book situates the history of German Minnesang in the context of European love poetry.

• Bases Minnesang scholarship on a completely new foundation.
• Puts the most important genre of medieval lyric poetry into a new perspective.
• Gives an overview of key concepts, genres and history of Middle High German Minnesang in its European context.