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Religious Toleration in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age Albrecht Classen Religious Toleration in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age An Anthology of Literary, Theological, and Philosophical Texts Bibliographic Information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available online at Library of Congrhetstsp C:/a/tdanlobg.din-ngb-.idne-.P ublication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Drei Heilige Könige (late 15th century), St. Annen Museum, Lübeck, reflect- ing the great respect for one of the three magis, a black king, © Albrecht Classen Printed by CPI books GmbH, Leck ISBN 978-3-631-80134-5 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-631-80785-9 (E-PDF) E-ISBN 978-3-631-80786-6 (EPUB) E-ISBN 978-3-631-80787-3 (MOBI) DOI 10.3726/b16423 © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Berlin 2020 All rights reserved. Peter Lang – Berlin ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien All parts of this publication are protected by copyright. Any utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to prosecution. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in electronic retrieval systems. This publication has been peer reviewed. www.peterlang.com Bibliographic Information published by the Contents Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Introduction: From Toleration to Tolerance: From the Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available online at Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century ..................................... 9 Library of Congrhetstsp C:/a/tdanlobg.din-ngb-.idne-.P ublication Data Overview: Introductory Case Studies: Toleration and A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Tolerance Throughout the Centuries: Three Cases .............. 15 Library of Congress. Drei Heilige Könige (late 15th century), St. Annen Museum, Lübeck, reflect- Holy Scriptures: Bible, Qur’an ..................................................... 29 ing the great respect for one of the three magis, a black king, © Albrecht Classen Walther von der Vogelweide (ca. 1170–ca. 1220): “The Printed by CPI books GmbH, Leck Palestine Song” (ca. 1215) ........................................................ 37 Wolfram von Eschenbach: A Middle High German Poet Seeks out the Orient (ca. 1205–ca. 1220) .............................. 45 ISBN 978-3-631-80134-5 (Print) E-ISBN 978-3-631-80785-9 (E-PDF) Rudolf von Ems’s Der guote Gêrhart: Experimentation E-ISBN 978-3-631-80786-6 (EPUB) E-ISBN 978-3-631-80787-3 (MOBI) with Tolerance in an Early Thirteenth-Century DOI 10.3726/b16423 Middle High German Romance ............................................ 69 © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Jans Enikel: A German World Chronicler Reflecting on Berlin 2020 the Differences in Religion ...................................................... 117 All rights reserved. Peter Lang – Berlin ∙ Bern ∙ Bruxelles ∙ New York ∙ Oxford ∙ Warszawa ∙ Wien Ramon Llull: Offering a Tolerant Dialogue in the Late All parts of this publication are protected by copyright. Any Middle Ages (ca. 1272–1274) ................................................ 125 utilisation outside the strict limits of the copyright law, without the permission of the publisher, is forbidden and liable to Aucassin and Nicolette: Playful and Loving Embrace of prosecution. This applies in particular to reproductions, translations, microfilming, and storage and processing in Foreignness ................................................................................. 135 electronic retrieval systems. This publication has been peer reviewed. Gesta Romanorum: The Debate about Religion www.peterlang.com Within a Christian Context ..................................................... 165 6 Contents Li dis dou vrai aniel: The Tale of the True Ring .................... 169 Il Novellino (Late Thirteenth Century) ..................................... 183 Boccaccio, The Decameron (ca. 1350): Multiple Episodes of Toleration ............................................................. 187 Meister Eckhart (Early Fourteenth Century): The Late Medieval Master of Negative Theology ............................... 237 Marco Polo (ca. 1320): A Venetian’s Encounter with the Mongols ...................................................................... 243 Juan Manuel, El Conde Lucanor I ............................................ 253 Michel Beheim (1420–ca. 1477): A Late Medieval German Song Writer and the Three Rings ........................... 271 Nicholas of Cusa: De pace fidei (1453) – a Fictional Debate with Other Religions .................................................. 279 Dr. Martin Luther: Tolerant Thinker or Anti-Semite Avant la Lettre? (1523) ............................................................ 295 Bartolomé de Las Casas: European Atrocities and a Spanish Bishop’s Call for Toleration in the New World .......................................................................... 321 Hans Sachs (1494–1576) and His Version of the Parable of the Three Rings ...................................................... 331 Contents 7 Sebastian Franck (1499–1553): A Protestant Theologian Promotes Tolerance ............................................ 335 Sebastian Castellio (1515–1563): A Tolerant Voice in the Early Modern Age ......................................................... 369 Toleration and Tolerance among Ordinary Citizens in Nuremberg at the End of the Sixteenth Century: David Altenstetter and Martin Küenle .............................................. 379 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Nathan der Weise – True Tolerance? ................................................................................ 385
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