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# Frühmittelalter - EPOCHENEINTEILUNG The provided text discusses the characteristics of the Early Middle Ages, focusing on its literary culture and its different forms of poetry. ## 1. Early Middle Ages Literary Culture 1. The early Middle Ages literary culture was clerical in nature. Oral poetr...

# Frühmittelalter - EPOCHENEINTEILUNG The provided text discusses the characteristics of the Early Middle Ages, focusing on its literary culture and its different forms of poetry. ## 1. Early Middle Ages Literary Culture 1. The early Middle Ages literary culture was clerical in nature. Oral poetry was transcribed by scribes in monasteries, forming the primary literary output of this period. It was not intended for a public beyond the confines of the monasteries. ## 2. Forms of Early Medieval Poetry 2. The text highlights these forms of medieval poetry: * **Heroic Poetry:** Examples cited include the *Hildebrandslied*. * **Magic Poetry:** The *Merseburger Zaubersprüche*. * **Prayers and Religious Texts:** The *Wessobrunner Gebet*. ## 3. Summary of *Hildebrandslied* 3. The *Hildebrandslied* tells the story of a warrior returning home after 30 years of absence. The poem involves a confrontation between the warrior and another man claiming to be his son. The story highlights themes of family, war, betrayal, and honor. ## 4. Merseburger Charms 4. Those are Germanic charms of pre-Christian origin, which are written in Old High German and preserved in a 10th-century manuscript. They describe rituals of binding and releasing, using specific formulas believed to have magical effect. ## 5. The Wessobrunner Prayer 5. The Wessobrunner Prayer, dating from around 790 to 814, is a two-part prayer-like text. The first portion appears to describe the creation of the world and the second, a prayer itself, is written in prose. ## 6. Summary of the Early Middle Ages 6. A concise overview of the Early Middle Ages is not explicitly given in the text, but through the separate descriptions of its various poetic forms one can conclude what was the main idea of the period.