Chapter 4
Germany and Austria
This chapter deals with the Medieval Latin language and literature in modern-day Germany
and Austria. The first part focuses on the development of the Latin language and literature in those places,
while the second part offers a survey of texts relevant from a literary and cultural perspective, which are
arranged by genre and discussed in the context of Medieval Latin literary history more generally.
Keywords: Latin language and literature, Middle Ages, Germany, Austria, literary history, textual transmission, Latin manuscripts, monasteries, scriptoria, Christian literature, secular literature
Article outline
- Chronological overview
- Generic synopsis
- Sacred lyric
- Secular lyric
- Epic poetry
- Didactic poetry
- Spiritual and secular drama
- Spiritual prose and verse
- Visionary literature
- Exempla
- Historiography
- Biography
- Lives of saints, bishops, and abbots
- Secular biography and autobiography
- Pamphlet literature
- Travel literature
- Philosophy, science, and mysticism
- Translations
- Editorial note
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Notes
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Abbreviations
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References