Author

Publication

2016 - Brill Academic Pub, Leiden, Netherlands

Language

German

Word Count

184,500 words, Guess

Page Count

738 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-109004325034
  • ISBN-139789004325036
  • ISBN-139789004325272
  • ISBN-109004325271
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016027159
and 2 more

Classifications

  • DDC870.9/003
  • LCCPA8030.L67 H36 2016

Description

"In his monograph Verlorenes Mittelalter, Thomas Haye discusses the question of why the greater part of the Latin texts which were produced over the course of the Middle Ages has not been preserved. Contemporary sources attest to the existence of thousands of texts which have not come down to the modern era. As Haye demonstrates, these losses are not primarily due to random happenstance, but are often rather the results of certain aspects of contemporary mentality, sociohistorical circumstances, preferences regarding literary genres and other specific cultural factors. Modern literary histories largely disregard the lost texts. The present book argues for the development of a new narrative which duly takes into account the lost texts as well as those that still exist."

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Mittellateinische Studien und Texte -- volume 49
  • Mittellateinische Studien und Texte
  • Mittellateinische Studien und Texte -- Bd. 49.

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