Love through the ages; Medieval Era
- Created by: Laura
- Created on: 07-11-13 15:20
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- Medieval Period
- Context
- Religion
- The church instructs its people through the morality and miracle plays
- religious devotion
- Catholic - buy your way to heaven
- The idea of "courtly" love was very popular
- Religion
- Chaucer
- The Miller's Tale
- Religion and Marriage
- "This goode wif went on holiday"
- Unrequited love
- "Alas, my wif!" "Alas, mine Alisoun"
- "Sweet Alisoun, my faire bird, my sweete cinnamome?"
- Lustful love
- "O love-me-all-at-once or I shall die"
- Religion and Marriage
- The Miller's Tale
- Thomas Malory
- Le Morte D'arthur
- Courtly love
- "The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady"
- "So whan the duke and his wif were comyn unto the kynge,by the meanes of grete lords they were accorded bothe. The kyne liked and loved this lady wel
- Very common theme in medieval literature
- "The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady"
- Very common theme in medieval literature
- Unrequited love
- Courtly love
- Le Morte D'arthur
- Context
- "The sweetness of love is short-lived, but the pain endures"
- Unrequited love
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