Essays on Medieval Europe

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Empowering Medieval Women: Aspects of Love in "The Lais of Marie De France"

6 pages / 2829 words

During the Medieval time, a woman would generally be forced to depend upon a man for her livelihood. However, in the fictional world of courtly love – a 12th-century philosophical phenomenon, which is believed by some to have been originated as a form of goddess...

Poetry Renaissance The Lais of Marie de France

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Analysis of "The Lais of Marie De France"

4 pages / 1988 words

In Medieval times, women were usually forced to be dependent on a man for her safety, prosperity, and guidance. Yet, in Marie de France’s fictional tales of courtly love, men are in fact victims to women’s charm. Men are unable to live without their lovers,...

Poetry Renaissance The Lais of Marie de France

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The Power Within Women: a Reading of "Lanval"

2 pages / 943 words

The story of Lanval is an uncommon one for its time. A helpless, outcast knight meets a beautiful, magical woman. The one term of their love, set down by the unnamed woman, is that Lanval can tell nobody about her. When he breaks that rule...

Poetry Renaissance The Lais of Marie de France

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Edmund Burke and Historical Precedent

1 page / 883 words

According to Edmund Burke, knowledge of historical precedent can be a valuable tool in dealing with more current issues of a similar nature. He is a proponent of allowing policies and customs from the past to endure not only for the sake of tradition but...

French Revolution

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Significance of Gardens in "Decameron" and "Confessions"

1 page / 1009 words

Introduction She told him about country sounds and country smells and how fresh and clean everything in the country is. She said that he ought to live there and that if he did, he would find that all his troubles were city troubles. Made-to-order essay...

Renaissance Short Story The Decameron

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Boccaccio's Portrayal of Medieval Life in "The Decameron"

1 page / 1818 words

Introduction Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval work of art The Decameron highlights both the righteous and sinful ways of humans, through the telling of short stories. Boccaccio’s tales cover a wide array of topics, including adultery, love, devotion, trickery, and attributes of selfish and selfless people. Many...

Gender Roles Renaissance The Decameron

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Sexual Relations Narration by Dioneo in "The Decameron"

1 page / 2603 words

At the beginning of Boccaccio’s Decameron, both the male and female narrators hesitate to discuss the seemingly lewd topic of sexual relations. On Day I, the Florentines discuss various topics, yet only one narrator is brave enough to introduce sex as a theme: Dioneo. This...

Renaissance Short Story The Decameron

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Female Liberation and Power in Boccaccio’s "The Decameron"

1 page / 2862 words

Introduction Giovanni Boccaccio’s medieval masterpiece “The Decameron” is a collection of stories, chronicled over ten days, which highlights the best and worst of human nature. Boccaccio’s tales deal with themes such as adultery, love, premarital sex, devotion, trickery, and manipulation, among others. Yet this work...

Renaissance Short Story The Decameron

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Poetic Justice in Boccaccio's "Decameron" and References to Dante's "Inferno"

1 page / 1133 words

Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale, Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay Where in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs, And solid pudding against empty praise....

Dante Alighieri Renaissance The Decameron

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Renaissance Implications on Morality and Censorship in "The Decameron"

1 page / 1752 words

Writing in Italy during the 14th century, Boccaccio is caught in the historical dichotomy between the blind adherence to the Church that permeated the Middle Ages and the emerging Humanism that characterized the Renaissance. It is clear that Boccaccio chooses to look forward, as he...

Renaissance Short Story The Decameron

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Emotion Ideas in Romantic Periods

1 page / 1783 words

In modern parlance, the word ‘romantic’ is often and understandably used with a positive connotation. A romantic individual is most often recalled with fondness, if also with pity. The faults of such a person might be limited to mere naivete: “He was a hopeless romantic;...

Romanticism

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Failed Hero in Conrad's Lord Jim

1 page / 1849 words

The romantic view of a seamanship is that the crew keeps with the ship through all types of weather and troubles. Yet in 1880, an event happened that shook this romantic belief throughout the world. The abandonment of the steamship Jeddah, along with its approximately...

Romanticism

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The Influence of China on The European Renaissance

2 pages / 885 words

The European Renaissance: A Period of Transformation The 14th, 15th, and part of the 16th century was a glorious time for Europe; it marked the reformation of many old ideas and the formation of many new ones, known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance brought about...

Renaissance

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European Romanticism in The 19th Century and Its Role in The Rene Novella

1 page / 366 words

European romanticism in the nineteenth century is described as the worship of the self, the relationship between the individual and nature, or the relationship between an individual and the world. Aesthetics, in a general sense, refers to art and to beauty. Therefore, it could be...

Romanticism

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The Rise of Musical Romanticism

4 pages / 1878 words

Having surfaced from the of the Classical period, the romantic period in music came into existence, going against musical limits and increasing orchestral powers to exemplify extra ideas in music that had never been embodied before. Musical romanticism came into existence by political and societal...

Romanticism

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Major Sources for The Black Deaths

1 page / 606 words

This book includes many primary sources and is even accompanied by an introduction analyzing and explaining the content. It focus on the political, cultural and social conditions at the time of the Black Death. This book is great for my topic as it provides many...

Black Death

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Analysis of "Mariana"

2 pages / 1063 words

‘Mariana’ is a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson which was published in 1830. This was an early stage of the Victorian era, a time when there was a plethora of social upheavals in England and Europe. As a composition, ‘Mariana’ is a beautiful yet ominous...

Romanticism

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Analyzing Romanticism in Pushkin's "The Shot"

2 pages / 927 words

A theme that is immediately apparent in Pushkin’s The Shot is “the noble man with a romanticized view of life”. This theme was common during the Romantic Era, the period in which Pushkin wrote, but is important for more than historical reasons; in many ways,...

Romanticism

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Romanticism: Love and Revolution

2 pages / 1049 words

Stride Toward Freedom by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a civil rights era memoir detailing the importance of love in revolution, and the necessity to revolt non-violently and with understanding towards others that are in different cages than your own. King sites Thoreau, Hegel,...

Romanticism