Knights, Rulers, Heroes: Heroic Interpretational Models of Warring Elites in the European High Middle Ages (D02 [C01])

该项目将探讨将英雄品质赋予交战精英的替代模型，而不仅仅是圣徒和骑士之间的二分法。它集中在11世纪和12世纪，一个广泛讨论的轴向时代的发展骑士，骑士精神和法院文化。研究对象包括阿尔卑斯山以北的帝国，北方意大利的城镇，以及拉丁语、伦巴第语、拜占庭语和阿拉伯语影响的南部意大利和西西里的文化混合社会的历史和史诗作品。

The project will enquire into alternative models for attributing heroic qualities to warring elites beyond already introduced dichotomies between saints and knights. It concentrates on the 11th and 12th centuries, a widely discussed axial age for the development of knighthood, chivalry, and court culture. The objects of study include historiographic and epic works from the empire north of the Alps, from the towns of northern Italy, and from the culturally hybrid societies of the Latin-, Lombard-, Byzantine-, and Arab-influenced southern Italy and Sicily.