Research

Illustration aus Libellus, die die heilige Elisabeth zeigt, die ein Kruzifix an die Brust drückt
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Research interests

  • Social communication and interaction in medieval literature
  • Novel writing and law
  • Collecting and classifying small literary forms
  • Intermediality in spiritual literature (visions, revelations, legends)
  • Liturgical aesthetics
  • Hagiographic book types: books of saints

Research projects

  • Conference transcript: [with Beatrice Trînca] Devotion and cheerfulness. Intermediality in manuscripts of the Freiburg Poor Clares. Expected publication: Berlin 2024 (liturgy and vernacular).
  • Digital edition: [with Beatrice Trînca] The Elisabeth Libellus of the Freiburg Poor Clares (1481). With illustrations by Sibilla von Bondorf. Edition and commentary.
  • Research project in preparation: Collecting mania. Logics of order and knowledge in narrative text collections of the 16th century
More information on our ongoing research projects is available on the below website: