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- ISBN 9783631865224
- Weight: 571g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 22 Dec 2021
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book brings together, in a modern English translation, a selection of relevant medieval texts that are determined by wisdom. Mostly hidden in a literary framework, the messages contained in these excerpts prove to be highly valuable for all people throughout time, addressing ethical, moral, and religious values and ideals. Critical discussions of the meaning of wisdom frame the text anthology.
Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at The University of Arizona, Tucson. He has currently published 115 scholarly books and ca. 798 articles on a wide range of topics pertaining to medieval and early modern literature and culture. He is the editor of the journals Mediaevistik and Humanities Open Access. I in 2017 he received the rank of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions.
