The probably most famous example for a courtly love relationship is the Legend of King Arthur and his wife who fell in love with the knight Sir Lancelot. ... In the actual medieval period the terms 'Amour Honestus' (Honest Love) and 'Fin Amor' (Refined Love) appeared. This concept was new in the Middle Age, because there was no literary or no social framework of romantic passion in the Christian world before the end of the 11th century. ... David Lyle Jeffrey in fact goes beyond this and declares that courtly love was used here as a literary vehicle for social satire (c.f...

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The probably most famous example for a courtly love relationship is the Legend of King Arthur and his wife who fell in love with the knight Sir Lancelot. ... In the actual medieval period the terms 'Amour Honestus' (Honest Love) and 'Fin Amor' (Refined Love) appeared. This concept was new in the Middle Age, because there was no literary or no social framework of romantic passion in the Christian world before the end of the 11th century. ... David Lyle Jeffrey in fact goes beyond this and declares that courtly love was used here as a literary vehicle for social satire (c.f...

• Word Count: 1140
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The joining of the literary and scientific worldviews in Christ was the unique contribution of Medieval Christianity. ... It used textbooks and examples from the ancient world [Greek and Roman] and never saw a need for writing new ones. ... A majority of citizens were of the literary/rhetorical tradition. ... By the time the church confronted the issue of education on an institutional level, several important events had already occurred: The Church had transferred from Jewish to Gentile soil, The standard of orthodoxy was moving in a more theological direction, The Judaic roots of Christian...

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As Sayre said, " the Renaissance was an age of intellectual exploration, in which the humanist strove to understand in ever so precise and scientific terms the nature of humanity and its relationship to the natural world" (Sayre 7). ... The different art, sculpture, literature, and architecture, for example, were created by some of the most brilliant artists and sculptures in history. ... The Italian Renaissance began as a literary movement, but changed as new discoveries were being made, such as art (A Changing Europe). ... Although, Primavera does not show much of the techniques u...

• Word Count: 2114
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• Grade Level: High School