Publication details
Zur Begrifflichkeit und sprachlichen Erfassung von ‚Herrschaft‘ als einer der zentralen konzeptuellen Domänen der historiographischen Werke des Mittelalters
| Title in English | Conceptualisation and linguistic expression of ‚rule‘ as one of the central conceptual areas of medieval historiographical texts |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Zentrum und Peripherie. Aus sprachwissenschaftlicher Sicht. |
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| Field | Linguistics |
| Keywords | historiography texts; semantics; Middle Ages; reign |
| Description | Based on selected German historiographical texts from the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages the strategies in the formulation and verbal expression of rule and reign are discussed. On the one hand, an early vernacular text of this kind is taken into account (Saxon World Chronicle, 13th century), on the other hand several later works from the 14th–15th century, which are characterised by their origin from the Bohemian lands or the respective topical scope. In part, other language versions are considered, be it original texts or parallel translations (besides German in Latin and Czech): The Dalimil Chronicle (including introductory German annals), Pulkava-Chronicle and the Autobiography of Charles IV. of Luxembourg, Vita Caroli. In the comparison, the central role of the semantic field ‘rule, reign’ in the texts of this genre is documented, while at the same time a comparatively differentiated spectrum of the linguistic means of expressing the respective concepts and also the preferred modes of stylisation are identified. |