ENGL 203 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Courtly Love, Felix Culpa
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In rst two lyrics, christ is a warrior-hero. What is he, this lordling describes christ of the cruci xion as a valiant blood- spattered knight. Ye that pasen by the weye addresses the contemporary audience contemplating a cruci x. Not the long dead witnesses of christ"s actual cruci xion. Larger-than-life savior who treats of prowess are super-human. The virgin mary is described as a mother, mother-to-be, intercessor, and queen of heaven. She is like the rood, as a way to communicate to god and have her be on your side. Not the imagery of the virgin mary in courtly love. The coupling of christ and mary is as partners in makings salvation. Refers to the fall of mankind allowing jesus to redeem mankind. The song of songs in the bible and in st. bernard"s sermons on the. The ecstatic union of the human should with god is like the marital bliss of wife and husband.
