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

该项目将探索在已经引入的圣人和骑士的二分法之外，将英雄品质归因于交战精英的其他模型。它集中于11世纪和12世纪，这是一个广泛讨论的骑士、骑士精神和宫廷文化发展的轴心时代。研究对象包括阿尔卑斯山以北帝国的历史和史诗作品，意大利北部城镇，以及受拉丁、伦巴第、拜占庭和阿拉伯影响的意大利南部和西西里岛的文化混合社会。

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.