Somtimes medieval folk tales and literature are preserved in the most unlikely places - in this case a late medieval legendary which was compiled in early sixteenth century Iceland. This text preserves a great deal of otherwise lost Low German saints lives, legends and folk-tales. This book is an examines the development of German hagiography, the sources of the text and its production in Iceland.
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Marianne E. Kalinke is a professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is author of several books, including Bridal-Quest Romance in Medieval Iceland, and associate editor of The New Arthurian Encyclopedia.
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