The Sachsenspiegel, or Saxon Mirror, compiled in 1235 by Eike von Repgow, may be said to mark the beginning of vernacular German jurisprudence. For the first ti

A comprehensive survey of mirror-imagery in English literature from the thirteenth to the end of the seventeenth century.

Research on medieval and early modern travel literature has made great progress, which now allows us to take the next step and to analyze the correlations betwe

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