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Courtly Culture: Literature and Society in the High Middle Ages
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Every aspect of courtly culture comes to life in Joachim Bumkes extraordinarily rich and welldocumented presentation. A renowned medievalist with an encyclopedic knowledge of original sources and a passion for history, Bumke overlooks no detail, from the material realities of aristocratic societythe castles and clothing, weapons and transportation, food, drink, and table etiquetteto the behavior prescribed and practiced at tournaments, knighting ceremonies, and great princely feasts. The courtly knight and courtly lady, and the transforming idea of courtly love, are seen through the literature that celebrated them, and we learn how literacy among an aristocratic laity spread from France through Germany and became the basis of a cultural revolution. At the same time, Bumke clearly challenges those who have comfortably confused the ideals of courtly culture with their expression in courtly society.Monumental, exhaustive, definitive. These are the qualifiers that come to mind as one peruses the medieval scholar Bumkes astonishing and encyclopedic accomplishment. . . .R. J. Cormier, ChoiceThis book merits attention well beyond medieval German literary and historical circles. . . . Bumke is intent on demolishing the myth that the idealized patterns of behavior in courtly literature are an accurate reflection of the reality of aristocratic life.William Henry Jackson, Speculum
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