›Erbauung‹ - und darüber hinaus: Spannungen im volkssprachlich-lateinischen Spätmittelalter. Mit Überlegungen zu Gertruds von Helfta ›Exercitia spiritualia‹

The following paper argues for a revision of the notion of ›edification‹ in the Middle Ages. By comparing exemplary texts (including the ›Exercitia spiritualia‹, which are attributed to Gertrude the Great), it shows the ramifications, tensions and textual productivity in the medieval usage of the term ›edification‹ and in its implementation. In addition to the subsequent essay by Burkhard Hasebrink, this paper attempts to describe the different, yet similarly contradictory claims of ›edification‹ in the tension between (self)disciplining and transgression