LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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it includes issues that pertain to the heart
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it is part of the anchoress’ inner self
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it is the most important part of Ancrene Wisse
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cultural Influences Medieval literature is best understood in the context of three powerful influences on medieval society: feudalism, the church, and a code of conduct called chivalry.
Detailed explanation-2: -Medievalism is a system of belief and practice inspired by the Middle Ages of Europe, or by devotion to elements of that period, which have been expressed in areas such as architecture, literature, music, art, philosophy, scholarship, and various vehicles of popular culture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Much of medieval literature relied on allegory to convey the morals the author had in mind while writing-representations of abstract qualities, events, and institutions are thick in much of the literature of this time.
Detailed explanation-4: -Language and voice. From the development of Old and Middle English to the innovations of William Caxton and the printing press: explore language and voice in the medieval period. Heroes and heroines. Gender and sexuality. Myths, monsters and the imagination. Faith and religion. Form and genre.