Amor est passio: Reception of the De amore manuscripts in the 15th century German territories

Abstract

The love dissertation De amore was written in the 12^th century in a clear French setting, in the courtyard of Marie de Champagne, for a French audience, but also in Latin. The De amore does not appear on German territory in either the 13^th or the 14^th centuries, but it makes its way there in the 15^th century. The presence of the theoretical dissertation can be justified not only in traces, but on the contrary: it is present from the beginning to the end of the century, it occupies a significant place in knightly-didactic poetry. In my study, I present the reception of the treatise in German territories, based on the codices I have examined so far.