Medieval Authorship and Cultural Exchange in the Late Fifteen... - 9780367373276

Taylor & Francis

Medieval Authorship and Cultural Exchange in the Late Fifteenth CenturyThe Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order\nAuthor(s): Rombert Stapel\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367373276, 978-0367373276\nSynopsis\nMedieval Authorship and Cultural Exchange in the Late Fifteenth Century is a multidisciplinary study of late medieval authorship and the military orders, framed as a whodunit that uncovers the anonymous author of the Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order. \n\nThrough a close analysis of the Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order and its manuscripts, and by exploiting a wide range of scholarly techniques, from traditional philology and extensive codicological examinations to modern digital humanities techniques, the book argues that the recently resurfaced Vienna manuscript is actually an authors copy, written in direct cooperation with the original author. This important assertion leads to a reinterpre.