Women and Jews in the Sachsenspiegel picture-books

Contextual analysis of the representation of women and Jews in the fourteenth-century manuscripts of the German law book known as the Sachsenspiegel. A Germanist and an art historian examine the pictures and text in the four densely illustrated manuscripts of the Sachsenspiegel that were produced i...

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Authors: Caviness, Madeline Harrison 1938- (Author) ; Nelson, Charles G. 1925-2008 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London Turnhout Harvey Miller Publishers [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Law's picture books; Caviness, Madeline Harrison, 1938-, Women and Jews in the Sachsenspiegel picture-books; Prosperi, Adriano, 1939-, Justice blindfolded; The art of law] (2021) (Schmoeckel, Mathias, 1963 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel / Oldenburger Sachsenspiegel / Dresdner Sachsenspiegel / Wolfenbütteler Sachsenspiegel / Woman (Motif) / Jews (Motif)
B Eike, von Repgow 1180-1233, Sachsenspiegel / Woman / Jews / History
B Eike, von Repgow 1180-1233, Sachsenspiegel / Woman (Motif) / Jews (Motif) / Jews / Woman / Book illumination / Illustration / History 1220-1800
B Illuminated manuscript / Eike, von Repgow 1180-1233, Sachsenspiegel
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Summary:Contextual analysis of the representation of women and Jews in the fourteenth-century manuscripts of the German law book known as the Sachsenspiegel. A Germanist and an art historian examine the pictures and text in the four densely illustrated manuscripts of the Sachsenspiegel that were produced in the century following its composition by Eike von Repgow. This is the first extensive study of these famous picture books in English. Using critical frameworks based on performative and feminist theory, the authors give detailed consideration to the social differences reshaped and maintained by text and image. Although Eike’s project, realized in the early 1220s, was concerned with peaceful interaction between diverse groups, including Slavic Wends as well as Germans, and with the provision of guardians for the young, the handicapped and the judicially impaired, his text is open to subversion by the images. Changing emphases in the pictures accord with changing attitudes to women and Jews in the period of production of these works, between c. 1300 and 1360. A burgeoning book culture in the fourteenth century carried Eike’s law into the town halls at a time when the German cities were increasingly Christianized; market churches were constructed in the judicial and economic hub even as Synagogues disappeared from town centres during the pogroms. The market complex became part of the material culture of the law.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 387-421
ISBN:1909400491