Zur Zeit Der Ritter

Guillaume and his family travel in 12th century Anjou in France to the castle of their overlord for the festival celebrating his son's becoming a knight. Text and pictures provide factual information on feudalism and medieval life.

Bild- und Textinformationen über Leben, Alltag und Kultur zur Zeit der Ritter: Turniere, Waffen, Rüstungen, das Leben am Hofe und die Bedeutung von Wappen. Ab 12.

1000 Jahre deutsche Literatur is organized by historic periods and includes carefully chosen readings, with notes and vocabulary, beginning with writings in Old High German through Gellert, Lichtenberg, and Lessing. Also included are numerous exercises and thought provoking questions for each chapter and support materials which emphasize the cultural and historical background of each historic period. In tandem with Waltraud Maierhofer's Deutsche Literatur im Kontext 1750-2000, these two volumes provide a modern approach to German literature in its cultural, historical and linguistic context.

Florian Dörschel deals with the martial side of German chivalry towards the end of the Middle Ages. Knightly violence was at the center of social, military and political life as an instrument of power, representation and communication. Florian Dörschel befasst sich mit der kriegerischen Seite des deutschen Rittertums im ausgehenden Mittelalter. Diese ritterliche Gewalt stand als Machtinstrument, Repräsentations- und Kommunikationsmittel im Mittelpunkt des sozialen, militärischen und politischen Lebens.