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This article explores the ways in which the Yiddish Arthurian romance Viduvilt (sixteenth ct.) reworks its Middle High German model text, Wirnt von Grafenberg’s Wigalois (1210/1220), for an early modern Jewish audience. Through seemingly minor changes, the adaptor creates a story world in which family politics play an essential role and become the driving force behind the story development. Part of this change is the reevaluation of female figures, in particular mothers. In contrast to its model, the Arthurian knight in Viduvilt is created as a figure that relies and depends largely on the decisions made by mothers, who are portrayed as powerful matres familias.

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Author details:	Annegret Oehme GND
URN:	urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-485637
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-48563
ISBN:	978-3-86956-493-7
ISSN:	1614-6492
ISSN:	1862-7684
Title of parent work (German):	PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture
Subtitle (English):	Heiratspolitik und Familienbande im jiddischen Artusroman
Publisher:	Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Place of publishing:	Potsdam
Publication type:	Article
Language:	German
Date of first publication:	2020/11/16
Publication year:	2020
Publishing institution:	Universität Potsdam
Publishing institution:	Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Release date:	2020/12/14
Volume:	2020
Issue:	26
Number of pages:	14
First page:	61
Last Page:	74
Source:	PaRDeS / Heft 26 (2020) / ISBN: 978-3-86956-493-7, S. 61-74
RVK - Regensburg classification:	BD 1680
Organizational units:	Extern / Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e. V.
DDC classification:	2 Religion / 20 Religion / 200 Religion
Peer review:	Referiert
Publishing method:	Universitätsverlag Potsdam
	Open Access / Gold Open-Access
Collection(s):	Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien e.V., ISSN 1862-7684 / PaRDeS (2020) 26 / Articles
License (German):	CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International