Charlemagne in Medieval German and Dutch Literature(English, Hardcover, Classen Albrecht Professor)

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Charlemagne in Medieval German and Dutch Literature(English, Hardcover, Classen Albrecht Professor) is written by Classen Albrecht Professor and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1843845830 (ISBN 10) and 9781843845836 (ISBN 13).

Comprehensive survey of the legend of Charlemagne in the medieval German-speaking world.The legend of the Frankish emperor Charlemagne is widespread through the literature of the European Middle Ages. This book offers a detailed and critical analysis of how this myth emerged and developed in medieval German and Dutch literatures, bringing to light the vast array of narratives either idealizing, if not glorifying, Charlemagne as a political and religious leader, or, at times, criticizing or even ridiculing him as a pompous and ineffectual ruler. The motif is traced from its earliest origins in chronicles, in the Kaiserchronik, through the Rolandslied and Der Stricker's Karl der Grosse, to his recasting as a saint in the Zuercher Buch vom Heiligen Karl.