HY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Gottfried Von Strassburg, Vernacular Literature
30 May 2018
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Courts, Cities, and Cathedrals
A. Chivalry and courtly love
1. Knightly code of values
2. A social ideology of values and identification
3. Knighthood and nobility
. An amalgamation of values and goals
4. Thirteenth-century chivalry-—an ideology of a social class
. Dividing those who were of the nobility and those who were not
a. The rules of battle
5. Cult of courtly love
. Women as objects of male veneration
a. Courtly love as refined love
b. Noble women were courted, peasant women could be taken by force
6. The literature of courtly love
7. The changing role of noble women
Urban opportunities and challenges
8. Towns and cultural and economic centers
9. Places for ambitious men
10. Urban governance likely to be run by oligarchs
11. Opportunities for individuals; emergence of guilds
. Attempt to preserve monopolies and limit competition
a. In addition to economic benefits, important social, political, and cultural institutions
b. Looked after their members
The blossoming of literature, art, and music
12. The Goliards
13. Wandering scholars
14. Parodied the liturgy
15. Rejection of Christian asceticism
Vernacular literature
16. Song of Roland (French)
17. Song of the Nibelungs (German)
18. Poem of the Cid (Spanish)
Troubadours' poetry and courtly romances
19. Sophisticated style
20. Theme of courtly love
21. Romances
. Long, narrative poems
a. Written in the vernacular, Romance languages
b. Chrétien de Troyes-—wrote Arthurian romances
c. Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival
d. Gottfried von Strassburg, Tristan
22. The fabliaux or verse fables
. Derived from Aesop
a. Significant reflection of growing worldliness
B. The Divine Comedy
1. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
. Native of Florence
a. Mastered religious, philosophical, and literary knowledge of his time
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Document Summary
Chivalry and courtly love: knightly code of values, a social ideology of values and identification, knighthood and nobility. An amalgamation of values and goals: thirteenth-century chivalry- an ideology of a social class. Dividing those who were of the nobility and those who were not. The rules of battle: cult of courtly love. Noble women were courted, peasant women could be taken by force: the literature of courtly love, the changing role of noble women. Urban opportunities and challenges: towns and cultural and economic centers, places for ambitious men, urban governance likely to be run by oligarchs, opportunities for individuals; emergence of guilds. In addition to economic benefits, important social, political, and cultural institutions. The blossoming of literature, art, and music: the goliards, wandering scholars, parodied the liturgy, rejection of christian asceticism. Vernacular literature: song of roland (french, song of the nibelungs (german, poem of the cid (spanish) Troubadours" poetry and courtly romances: sophisticated style, theme of courtly love, romances.
