Monastery literature

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Monastery literature (also monastic literature , from lat. Monasterium "Monastery") is literature that their "place in life" in a monastic has spiritual community.

Many literary works of the early Middle Ages are attributed to monastery literature. At that time, the monasteries - along with the episcopal cities and the royal court - were the most important centers of education, science and writing. These included the Benedictine monasteries of Prüm , Fulda , St. Emmeram , Reichenau and Sankt Gallen in the middle and eastern parts of the Franconian Empire in the 9th and 10th centuries . Later these rich, old abbeys were often overtaken by younger foundations such as Hirsau , Vorau , Melk , Michelsberg .

For monastic literature authors are counted as Rabanus Maurus , Walafrid Strabo , Notker Balbulus (Latin) Otfrid of Weissenburg , Notker the German of St. Gallen (Old High German), Williram of Ebersberg (early Middle High German).

Many poems have survived without naming the author, for example the Waltharius , the Ecbasis captivi , the Ruodlieb or the Ludus de Antichristo .

See also : Early Middle High German Literature