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Full-Text Articles in Medieval History
Mars And Venus: Symbols Of The Chaotic And Conflicted Human Passions And The Reestablishment Of Order In “The Knight’S Tale.”, Olivia Blessing
Mars And Venus: Symbols Of The Chaotic And Conflicted Human Passions And The Reestablishment Of Order In “The Knight’S Tale.”, Olivia Blessing
Olivia L Blessing
During the Middle Ages, Europe experienced a period when philosophers attempted to separate and analyze the passionate and rational elements of the soul. Some supported strict reason as the sole moral basis for living, while others looked to the tempestuous passionate emotions. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” portrays this conflict between reason and the passions through the depicted relationship between Mars and Venus and the uncontrolled passions of Arcite and Palamon.
Determining that a world controlled by passions results in chaos, Chaucer offers three different solutions—negating the passions, subjugating the passions to reason, and a balance between passion and reason. …
Closing Remarks, Richard Clement
Welcome And Introduction, Richard Clement, Raymond Coward
Welcome And Introduction, Richard Clement, Raymond Coward
Richard W. Clement
No abstract provided.
Staging The York Creation, And Fall Of Lucifer, Clifford Davidson, Nona Mason
Staging The York Creation, And Fall Of Lucifer, Clifford Davidson, Nona Mason
Clifford Davidson
No abstract provided.
The Digby Mary Magdalene And The Magdalene Cult Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson
The Digby Mary Magdalene And The Magdalene Cult Of The Middle Ages, Clifford Davidson
Clifford Davidson