From Verse to Prose: The Barlaam and Josaphat Legend in Fifteenth-Century Germany

This monograph examines a fifteenth-century German prose redaction of the Barlaam and Josaphat legend.
Through a comparison with contemporary versions of the story, the text edited here is shown to be an original contribution to the corpus of fifteenth-century hagiographic literature. A discussion of innovations in the prose
Barlaam and Josaphat text further emphasizes differences from earlier poetic versions of the legend. Through an expansion of liturgical references and corresponding delet...