Family in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Willehalm, mîner mâge triwe ist mir wol kuont Book

Family in Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Willehalm": miner mage triwe is mir wol kuont explores Wolfram von Eschenbach's use of familial relationships in Willehalm to "recreate" his French literary source, Bataille d'Aliscans, for his German audience. The individual chapters of the study are arranged to demonstrate Wolfram's significant contribution to a popular tale during the early Middle ages. As each familial relationship is explored, Wolfram's creative restructuring of the tale (even though it is a fragment) becomes clear and the reader gains insights into other issues that are important in the poem, such as loyalty and love. Again and again, Wolfram returns to the greatest dilemmas in his tale: how can a person successfully resolve the tension between the demands of loyal service and the needs of the family bond?