Amicus Und Amelius Im Europaischen Mittelalter. Erzahlen Von Freundschaft Im ...
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Amicus Und Amelius Im Europaischen Mittelalter. Erzahlen Von Freundschaft Im Kontext Der Roland-tradition : Texte Und Untersuchungen, Hardcover by Oetjens, Lena, ISBN 3954901501, ISBN-13 9783954901500, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US English summary: Amicus and Amelius were not just any pair of friends: The Middle Ages regarded them as saints, and they were seen as the epitome of friendship. Narratives of their lives spread from eleventh-century France to the rest of Europe, where they stayed popular well into the fifteenth century. Variants of the story of Amicus and Amelius all detail the ways in which the friends depend on one another in moments of crisis, and how they die together in Mortara in Lombardy. Ideal as their friendship might appear at first sight however, the various texts narrating their story treat them from radically different perspectives when it comes to the handling of delicate ethical matters: Amelius sacrifices his children to cure Amicus from leprosy, while Amicus assumes Amelius's identity to win a judicial fight, killing Amelius's opponent in a duel. The friends look identical, meaning their role-swapping goes unnoticed. Somewhat problematically, it is the innocence of stand-in duelist Amicus that helps Amelius win his case; Amelius is guilty since he had an affair with the monarch's daughter. But Amelius's opponent, Hardericus, is clearly the wrong sort of friend: a jealous faker of friendship who had used Amelius's trust only to report him t
- Publisher: Reichert DR., Ludwig
- Year: 2016
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN: 9783954901500
- Condition: Fine
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