Wenn Dinge Höflichkeit machen. Erzählter Austausch von Gegenständen in Heinrichs von Veldeke Eneas

• Ruth Reicher ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Luxembourg

     University of Luxembourg

     Luxemburgo

     
• Localización: Internationales Archiv für Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur, ISSN 0340-4528, Vol. 49, Nº. 1, 2024, págs. 149-165
• Idioma: alemán
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  • Discourses of courtliness manifest themselves, among other things, in medieval literature through a nuanced material culture. The paper substantiates this assumption through a comparison of two episodes in Heinrich von Veldeke’s Eneasroman, in which gifts are circulated and protagonists communicate nonverbally through acts of giving. Gifts, as communication media, appear predisposed to establish and preserve courtliness as objects of materialized politeness, guarding against potential loss of face. Gifts thus have agency, as they appear to initiate and determine actions.