Ebook: Ambiguität und die Ordnungen des Sozialen im Mittelalter

During the Middle Ages, binary differences – such as orthodox/unbeliever, male/female, poor/rich – were essential elements in the perception of social worlds, and in turn structured them. Yet what would happen if actors, practices, and phenomena did not align clearly with a given duality? The essays in this volume explore constellations of ambiguity and elucidate the conditions and boundaries of tolerance for ambiguity in the premodern era.