The Spirit of Protest in Old French Literature / Mary Morton Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morton Wood, Mary, author.

Series:

Columbia University Studies in Romance Philology and Literature

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1917]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the problems of social justice and personal liberty that interested the writers of medieval France by using each author's views in his own words.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction: The Scope of this Study

I. Protest Against the Social Order

II. Protest Against the Domination of the Church

III. The Defence of Guillaume de Saint-Amour

IV. Dissent from the Doctrines of the Church

V. The Romance of the Rose and the Protest Against the Ascetic Ideal of the Church

VI. Protest Against Sex-Discrimination

Conclusion

Appendix A. Notes

Appendix Β. Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89113-X

OCLC:

1085328894