Zur Bedeutung und Rolle von „Wirklichkeit“ und „Wahrheit“ in mittelalterlicher Literatur, mit einem besonderen Blick auf Der guote Gêrhart des Rudolf von Ems

Abstract

Abstract Middle High German has no equivalent to our word “reality”. Instead the terms “wâr”, “wære”/“gewære”, and “wârheit” applied primarily. They could denote two things: either the higher reality in the divine realm, or simply everyday reality. Both are encountered in Der guote Gêrhart by Rudolf von Ems.