Ebook: Wettkämpfe in Literaturen und Kulturen des Mittelalters: Riskante Formen und Praktiken zwischen Kreativität und Zerstörung

The studies in this volume shed light on phenomena of competition from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages from various medieval studies disciplines – from history and art history to Old German, English, and Latin. At the center is the question of their risky potential: to what extent do premodern agonal forms and practices put the orders that they produce on the line?