Autobiographik als ritterschaftliche Selbstverständigung

German knights of the early 16th century had to face and cope with a number of challenges regarding their privileged role in society. How they prevailed is examined in this book by rereading autobiographical accounts. By the examples of Ulrich von Hutten (1480-1523), Gotz von Berlichingen (c. 1480-1562), and Sigmund von Herberstein (1486-1566) it is demonstrated how the various crises of being a knight were innovatively solved in and by texts. This reveals a crucial interdependence between knighthood - as a community of shared memory and dispositions - and its narrative constitution.