ENGS 021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Breton Lai, Lanval, Emo

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: English
• Course: ENGS 021
• Professor: Chris Vaccaro

Document Summary

Breaks promise with his ami in order to spare his own life. Arrival of ami 4 girls" proceed her. White palfrey no finer beast in the world face/neck white. Dark purple cloak, greyhound, sparrowhead all marks of extreme wealth. Ami clears lanval"s name confident, to-the-point. They flee to avalon, never heard from again. Both pagan and christian characteristics about her. Holy maidenhood (13th century) m thad virginity. Deliberate insertion of romance with god instead of a man. Incentive want to get as close to god as possible without actually dying. The formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course of action. *some women went reluctantly, priests encouraged, some women knew for life. Christian priests had wives and children during middle ages.