EN 4504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indulgence
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Story of merlin as a figure -> first one appears in pseudo-nennius. Name merlin -> may come from myrddin (a welsh prophet driven mad in battle of. Prose merlin -> a really big part of this is the holy grail. God did not want the devil to lose what he desired. The text operates through the idea of dichotomy e. g. god vs. the devil, good vs. evil. Priests" teachings (reformist movements, the great schism, the peasants revolt, indulgences -> paying money to priest to reduce time for the dead)
