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This volume contains papers from the 13th Anglo-German colloquium
assembling medieval German scholars from the English- and
German-speaking world at the University of Bristol in 1993. The
overarching topic is approached from a variety of different
thematic and methodological vantages and levels. Rigorous
systematisation was not the aim, nor would this have been sensible,
given the present state of research. The contents are arranged in
accordance with formal and thematic criteria to point up important
connections and contiguities. The volume is designed to encourage
further thematic, methodological and theoretical reflection on the
various subjects it broaches.
'On leaving the plane I can only say I felt very lonely, except
that the sky was full of bullets coming upwards. Fortunately, it
wasn't long before my feet hit the ground with a thud. Almost as
soon as my feet touched the ground, I was to find that I had landed
directly in front of the muzzle of a German Machine Gun and I
received a burst of fire straight at me. I can remember being hit
and spinning round with a sudden yell of shock and finishing up
flat on my back... I lay there rather dazed for a while, expecting
to be hit again at any moment.' John Hunter, Parachute Regiment,
Northants. Seventy years ago, on 6 June 1944, a great Allied Armada
landed on the coast of Normandy. The invasion force launched on
D-Day was a size never seen before and never likely to be seen
again. 150,000 soldiers, more than 6,000 ships and 11,000 combat
aircraft took part in the assault. The success of that attack led
11 months later to the final liberation of Europe from a ruthless
dictatorship that had threatened to permanently enslave it. Such an
undertaking on such a scale could not have been achieved without
tremendous cooperation between Land, Sea and Air Forces. In We
Remember D-Day we hear from the men and women who were involved in
the assault; those who risked their lives for a better future.
Their stories tell of human bravery and endeavour, pain and
heartache, and, most importantly, freedom and hope.
Unter den gereimten volkssprachlichen Weltchroniken des
Mittelalters ist die um 1370/80 entstandene Kompilation des so
genannten Heinrich von Munchen ein Spatling, dessen Erfolg und
Verbreitung aussergewohnlich waren. Achtzehn erhaltene
Handschriften, deren Textumfang erheblich variiert, bezeugen die
aktive Benutzung der Kompilation, die durch umfassende
Erweiterungen vielfach erganzt wurde. Der Textumfang des Werkes,
uber dessen Kompilator und seine Auftraggeber nichts Naheres
bekannt ist, schwankt in den einzelnen Handschriften zwischen
56.000 und 100.000 Versen. Wahrend der erste Teil der
Weltgeschichte, die 'Alte Ee', die von der Schopfung bis zu Christi
Geburt reicht, bereits seit 1998 erschlossen ist, wird hier
erstmals die 'Neue Ee' (= 'Neues Testament') abgedruckt: die
Geschichte der neutestamentlichen Zeit und der Kaiser und Papste
bis zu Friedrich II. insgesamt uber 18.000 Verse. Als
Leithandschriften dienen bis zur translatio imperii auf Karl den
Grossen Wolfenbuttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf. 1.5.2. Aug. 2 und New York,
Pierpont Morgan M. 769, fur die anschliessende Geschichte der
Kaiser und Papste Gotha Cod. Chart. A 3. Die Konstitution des
kritischen Textes wird uber den Apparat durch geeignete
Kontrollhandschriften uberprufbar gemacht. Die Zusammensetzung der
Kompilation wird durch detaillierte Quellenangaben auf dem rechten
Rand des edierten Textes uberschaubar gemacht. Verarbeitet wurden
zahlreiche Quellen, lateinische sowohl als deutsche, chronikalische
sowohl als dichterische. So gesehen bietet das Werk einen Einblick
in das historische und literarische Wissen, das den interessierten
Laien am Ausgang des Mittelalters in seinen wesentlichen
Zusammenhangen zuganglich gemacht wurde."
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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