06/20/2022

Christian Schneider, Peter Schmidt, Jakub Šimek und Lisa Horstmann (Hrsg.): Der "Welsche Gast" des Thomasin von Zerklaere. Neue Perspektiven auf eine alte Verhaltenslehre in Text und Bil

Virtues and vices, manners at table, duties of a good ruler or advice on gifts of love: The Welsche Gast (“The Italian Guest”), written by Thomasin von Zerklaere in the years 1215/1216, is the earliest comprehensive book of court etiquette written in German. The authors of this volume examine the work and its impressive illustrations from the perspectives of various disciplines.