Courtier's Mirror: Cultivating Elite Identity in Thomasin Von Zerclaere's Welscher Gast

by Kathryn Starkey

A Courtier's Mirror establishes the unique importance of Thomasin von Zerclaere's Welscher Gast as a document of social practices and concerns in medieval German-speaking court society. This epic-length illustrated didactic poem enjoyed immense popularity in the Middle Ages, resulting in twenty-five redactions produced over two hundred and fifty years. Through a detailed study of word and image, Kathryn Starkey argues that this poem...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026804144X
• ISBN13: 9780268041441
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"