Object's details: 'communicatio qua communio'. Zum Eucharistieverständnis von 'heiden' in der frühen preußischen Deutschordenschronistik und in volkssprachlich gereimten Verstexten zum preußischen Deutschordenszweig im 14. Jahrhundert

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'communicatio qua communio'. Zum Eucharistieverständnis von 'heiden' in der frühen preußischen Deutschordenschronistik und in volkssprachlich gereimten Verstexten zum preußischen Deutschordenszweig im 14. Jahrhundert
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Grunwald, Lukas Makarios
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Lukas Makarios GrunwaldLudwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermanylukas.grunwald@gmail.com communicatio qua communio.Zum Eucharistieverständnis von heidenin der frühen preußischen Deutschordenschronistik und in volkssprachlich gereimten Verstextenzum preußischen Deutschordenszweig im 14. Jahrhundert Abstract This paper analyses the communicative power of the Eucharist in vernacular texts of the 14th century written about the Teutonic Order's wars against pagans in Prussia. In Nikolaus' von Jeroschin Kronike von Pruzinlant the Eucharist is mocked and desecrated by the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytenis before the battle of Woplauken in 1311. This is understood as a weapon against his Christian opponents. In Schondoch's Litauer, a Lithuanian king is enabled to witness a somewhat crude form of the Holy Trinity during mass, whereupon he asks for baptism. In both texts the Eucharist is used as a means of communication between Christians, represented by the Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order, and literally stylized pagans. This communication is working because the pagans accept the dogma of transsubstantiation. Thus, the pagans are, paradoxically, no heretics, and even, to a certain degree, part of the community of the Church. Yet, as they share a belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharistical substances, they can also be treated as evildoers in a framework that is accepted by both Christians and pagans. Thus, the dogmatic orthodoxy of the pagans is used as a means to legitimate the war against them in the early historiography of the Teutonic Order in Prussia.;
Communicatio qua communio. On Pagan Understanding of the Eucharist in the early Prussian Chronicles of the Teutonic Order and in vernacular Texts about the Prussian Branch of the Teutonic Order in the 14th Century This paper analyses the communicative power of the Eucharist in vernacular texts of the 14th century written about the Teutonic Order’s wars against pagans in Prussia. In Nikolaus’ von Jeroschin Kronike von Pruzinlant the Eucharist is mocked and desecrated by the Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytenis before the battle of Woplauken in 1311. This is understood as a weapon against his Christian opponents. In Schondoch’s Litauer, a Lithuanian king is enabled to witness a somewhat crude form of the Holy Trinity during mass, whereupon he asks for baptism. In both texts the Eucharist is used as a means of communication between Christians, represented by the Prussian branch of the Teutonic Order, and literally stylized pagans. This communication is working because the pagans accept the dogma of transsubstantiation. Thus, the pagans are, paradoxically, no heretics, and even, to a certain degree, part of the community of the Church. Yet, as they share a belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharistical substances, they can also be treated as evildoers in a framework that is accepted by both Christians and pagans. Thus, the dogmatic orthodoxy of the pagans is used as a means to legitimate the war against them in the early historiography of the Teutonic Order in Prussia.
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 Lukas Grunwald
Date:
2020.12.29
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
Peer-reviewed Article
Language:
German
Source:
Ordines Militares Colloquia Torunensia Historica. Yearbook for the Study of the Military Orders; Tom 25 (2020); 297-324;
Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica; Vol. 25 (2020); 297-324;
Ordines Militares Colloquia Torunensia Historica. Yearbook for the Study of the Military Orders; Vol. 25 (2020); 297-324;
Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica; Bd. 25 (2020); 297-324;
Ordines Militares. Colloquia Torunensia Historica; V. 25 (2020); 297-324;
2391-7512;
0867-2008
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application/pdf
Publisher:
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/OM/article/view/OM.2020.012/27644
Subject:
history;
the Middle Ages;
military orders;
Teutonic Order;
Eucharist;
vernacular literature;
communication;
pagans
Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/OM/article/view/OM.2020.012
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Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

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