Question

Choose one of the thirteenth-century literary forms discussed in the lesson "Thirteenth-Century Literature." Find more information about it in an encyclopedia or an anthology of medieval literature. Read some of the literature given for this form. Write a paper of at least 500 words describing how characteristics of the form are revealed in the literature you read

Answer 1

Religious works is a prime literary form of 13th century, as many religious literary pieces were created at this time.

Many Catholic priest and religious learned men wrote on various literary subjects.

All these works contained some religious messages for the readers, encouraging the devotees and warning the atheists.

‘The Golden Legend’ written by Jacobus de Voragine was a popular religious literary work of that era.

‘Goliardic poetry’ was the collection of small satiric verses written by the church clerics on various controversial issues.