Walther und Helgunde – deutsch-slawische Kontexte der Geschichte vom Ehebruch
Walther and Helgunde – German-Slavic Contects of the Story of Adultery

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes an untitled story about the “Polish Walter”, which was part of the Wielkopolska Chronicle (Kronika wielkopolska) from the second half of the 13th century. Until now the research focused mainly on the sources of the story, i.e. on the origin of the material (including relations between the “Polish” and Latin Waltharius and/or the German Waltharius-versions), while the content and form were almost unnoticed by Polish and German researchers. The article aims to address both the sources and the content of the story and to analyze the German-Slavic background of the story and focus on places, where the two cultures meet. These German-Slavic encounters are subjected to literary analysis in the context of the biography of the author, of the sources, and of the literary topographies.

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