Wahnsinn und Ekstase

Literarische Konfigurationen zwischen christlicher Antike und Mittelalter

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›Wahnsinn‹ (insanity) is an enigmatic term with a huge variety of meanings. This variety ranges from labelling mental illnesses or behaviour which is incomprehensible, unreliable or dangerous, to positive attributes (»wahnsinnig gut« i.e. »extremely great«). In case studies, this volume …

Tugendlehre und Wissensvermittlung

Studien zum ,Welschen Gast’ Thomasins von Zerklaere

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By centering the category ‘knowledge’, this book offers a new analytical access to Thomasin von Zerklære’s Welscher Gast. In doing so, it can be observed that various areas of knowledge are used to convey a kind of ethical orientational knowledge, …