Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations Used in Endnotes xiii
6. Introduction: Historical Background 1
7. 1: Decoding the Codes: Treason in the Late Medieval Karlsepik — Der Stricker’s Karl der Grosse and the Karlmeinet 21
8. 2: The Ordeals of Tristan and Isolde 114
9. 3: Saintly Queens under Fire in the Kaiserchronik and in Heinrich und Kunegunde 146
10. Coda: Der Stricker’s “Das heisse Eisen” and Conclusion 168
11. Appendices
12. Appendix I Der Stricker, Karl der Grosse: Plot Summary 175
13. Appendix II Karlmeinet: Plot Summary 179
14. Appendix III Tristan: Plot Summary 184
15. Appendix IV Richardis: Plot Summary 188
16. Appendix V Ebernand von Erfurt, Heinrich und Kunegunde: Translation 189
17. Appendix VI Comparison of Parallel Texts from the “Additamentum” and Ebernand von Erfurt 193
18. Appendix VII Der Stricker, “Das heiße Eisen” [The Hot Iron]: Translation 195
19. Bibliography 199
20. Index 223