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Abstract

This paper examines the ›Eneasroman‹ of Heinrich von Veldeke within the context of its co-transmission. The different composite manuscripts, combining the ›Eneasroman‹ with various co-texts, raise the question of what conclusions can be drawn from them about the understanding and reception of the novel. It becomes obvious that the surviving compilations, all of them from the late Middle Ages, do not aim at highlighting the elaborate semantics of love. Instead, various historiographical and epistemological connections between the ›Eneasroman‹ and its accompanying texts are established, which emphasize the historical dimensions of the novel and the salvational significance of Eneas as the progenitor of the Romans.