Introduction - Dedication - Acknowledgment - Petrus/ Peter Alfonsi, Disciplina clericalis: A Jewish- Christian Perspective from Early Twelfth- Century Aragón - Marie de France, Fables : A Late- Twelfth- Century Anglo- Norman Voice - Der Stricker : A Thirteenth- Century Middle High German Didactic Poet - Freidank's Bescheidenheit : Memorial Didactic Stanzas - Gesta Romanorum : A Late Medieval Narrative Compilation: Religious and Philosophical Messages - Ulrich Bonerius, The Gemstone : A Swiss Dominican Author Tells Us the Truth - Don Juan Manuel: A Fourteenth- Century Castilian Master Poet and Didact - Die Historia von den sieben weisen Meistern: und dem Kaiser Diocletianus / The History of the Seven Wise Masters and the Emperor Diocletian : Late Medieval Didactic- Literary Reflections - A Burgher's Son : Friendship within the Literary Discourse - Heinrich Kaufringer: A Late Medieval German Poet Reveals the Power of Wisdom - Epilogue.