ABSTRACT

This article analyses the decorated prefatory statements in two fifteenth-century books of the proctors of the German natio at the University of Paris as part of the discussion on the relationship between academic mobility and identity construction in medieval Europe. The article argues that the decorated statements – a virtually unexplored source – functioned as acts of self-presentation and ‘public identities’ for the proctors. Then, it discusses the complex role of geographical origins and related political, linguistic and cultural factors in the articulation of identity in the Parisian scholarly community. The relevance of the analysis for the debates surrounding the idea of ‘national identity’ in medieval Europe is also addressed.

摘要

本文分析了巴黎大学德意志国家监考人员所著的两本 15 世纪书中的装饰性序言，作为中世纪欧洲学术流动性与身份建构之间关系讨论的一部分。文章认为，装饰性声明——实际上是未经探索的来源——起到了监考人员自我展示和“公共身份”的作用。然后，它讨论了地理起源以及相关的政治、语言和文化因素在巴黎学术界的身份表达中的复杂作用。还讨论了分析与中世纪欧洲围绕“民族认同”概念的辩论的相关性。