Christoph J. Pretzer, PhD (Cantab), MA, BA
Lecturer of German, University of Oxford
St Hilda's College
ABOUT ME
"'That is a swarm of stories you are stirring up. My accounts are like fictions!' he said. 'Do not hold back' replied the traveller.
'I beg you, in the name of Zeus and Eros himself! It will give me all the more pleasure if your tale is indeed like fiction.'"
Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
German Vernacular Historiography
What happens when historiography migrates from the Latin into the vernacular sphere in the 12th century?
2007 – 2010
Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg
Bachelor of Arts, Medieval Studies
2010 – 2013
Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg
Master of Arts, Medieval Studies
2014 – 2017
University of Cambridge
Doctor of Philosophy, Medieval German Language and Literature
Both a philologist and a historian by training I am particularly interested in texts at the intersection of Medieval German Literature ("Ältere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft") and Medieval History.
The Crusades in Medieval German Literature
How do conflict and contact with the Middle East from the 11th to the 14th century figure in medieval German literature?
Medieval German Perspectives of Antiquity
How did the courtly society of the German Middle Ages conceive of and imagine Antiquity?
The Fall of Biblical and Ancient Cities
How did narratives of fallen cities from the biblical or ancient past influence political and cultural identities in medieval transalpine Europe?