Studia Augustana

Emperor Louis IV was embroiled in many conflicts with competing dynasties and the papacy. In league with aspiring cities in the empire, he gained allies and issued privileges and documents in the vernacular. This volume is the first to systematically and interdisciplinarily illuminate Louis’s German-language documents and the crucial role he played in developing written New High German language in a European context.

Does the rhythmic musicality of a text sound different to an author than to those who want to set it to music or dance it? Or do the bodily movements carried out to play a piece of music have potential for dance? Rhythm, narration, and the body come into focus as connecting elements between literature, dance, and music, making manifold forms of interplay between all three art forms visible.