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Social mobility and social stratification in Hartmann von Aue’s Der Arme Heinrich

The present article aims at analyzing the theme of social stratification and social mobility in the central-medieval Holy Roman Empire, on the basis of a 12th century epic text, Hartmann von Aue’s Der arme Heinrich (“The poor Henry”). This text, which was probably composed around 1190 A.D., narrates the story of a knight who ends up suffering from leprosy as a consequence of having neglected his Christian chivalric duties in favor of courtly love and describes how people not originally belonging to nobility could be given the opportunity to enter the superior social ordo.

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BACCEGA, Marcus. Social mobility and social stratification in Hartmann von Aue's Der arme Heinrich. Quaderni di Palazzo Serra, v. 22, p. 1-10, 2013.