ENGL 203 Study Guide - Final Guide: Guido Cavalcanti, Medieval Theatre, Felix Culpa

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Men were de ned by their living while women were de ned by sex. A new subdivision of the clergy called intellectuals were men who were trained by the church but did not end up with a career in the church. Chaucer and william langland were both highly conscious of the social divisions. Allegory: a form of extended metaphor in which objects and persons within a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. Wrote poetry then devotional text and then political works. Wrote letters against jean de men portion of romance of the rose. Got involved in the illustration of her manuscripts. After trying to stop the collapse of france christine didn"t write until joan of arc. Christine uses her cupid to displace jean de meun"s cupid. Turns on faulty clerk writes who defame women. Supposed to be a series of complaint that the god of love has recieved.