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The Croatian Moderna is usually defined as the moment when Croatian literature catches up with the literary trends that were current in Europe at that time. This “turn to Europe” was made possible by a series of historical events as well as by the experiences of a number of Croatian students living abroad, who encouraged the transnational debate that would eventually revolutionize Croatian literary culture. We argue, using the terms of Pierre Bourdieu, that the transnational and cosmopolitan nature of Moderna made possible the genesis of an autonomous Croatian literary field.

Interdisciplinary cooperation enables the two authors to precicly localize and date one of the most lavishly produced manuscript of a medieval German epic during 15th century. With the combination of art-historical and linguistic methods the “Münchener Jüngere Titurel” (BSB, Cgm 8470) – hithero beliefed to be of Tyrolian or Vienese origin – was dated (c. 1430/35) and localised (Regensburg). The exemplary study proves the potential of cooperations within the humanities., In Zusammenarbeit eines Kunsthistorikers und eines Sprachwissenschafters gelingt es, eine der schönsten Epenhandschriften des 15. Jahrhunderts, den Münchener „Jüngeren Titurel“ sowohl zu lokalisieren als auch zu datieren. Die jeweiligen Methoden rücken die mittelalterliche Quelle ganz ins Zentrum und kommen durch in jedem einzelnen Schritt nachvollziehbare Argumente zur Überzeugung, dass der Codex um 1430/35 in Rgensburg entstand. Die Studie will exemplarisch zeigen wie groß das Potential solcher Zusammenarbeiten über enge Fachgrenzen ist.