Huber-Rebenich, Gerlinde; Rohr, Christian; Stolz, Michael (2017). Zur Einführung. Wasser in der mittelalterlichen Kultur. In: Huber-Rebenich, Gerlinde; Rohr, Christian; Stolz, Michael (eds.) Wasser in der mittelalterlichen Kultur / Water in Medieval Culture. Gebrauch – Wahrnehmung – Symbolik / Uses, Perceptions, and Symbolism. Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung, Beihefte: Vol. 4 (pp. 1-16). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110437430-001
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Water is life. Individual organisms, social formations, and cultural achievements all depend on water. It is used in both pragmatic and symbolic contexts. Being a life-sustaining as well as a destructive force, water connects and divides, absolves and dissolves. Society as a whole and individual institutions alike need to engage with, and adapt to, these ambivalent aspects of water. As a natural element, water provokes cultural reactions in regard to its utilisation, evaluation, and symbolism. The different functions water fulfils in the natural world are also addressed and negotiated in literature and the visual arts. This article provides a short introduction into the main research questions of the interdisciplinary conference of the “Mediavistenverband e. V.” held in Bern, Switzerland in March 2015, it gives a concise overview on previous publications in this field and it summarizes the findings of the overall volume.
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