New Perspectives on the Sacred and the Secular in Old French and Old Provençal Poetry

Download or read book New Perspectives on the Sacred and the Secular in Old French and Old Provençal Poetry written by Cyril Aslanov and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves into the question of the coexistence, convergence, and opposition between the sacred and the secular as reflected in Old French and Old Provençal poetry from the early to the late central Middle Ages, that is from the end of the ninth century until the thirteenth century. It breaks the boundaries between the intratextual dimension and the cultural and historical context wherefrom the texts emanated, in order to reassess the role of sacredness in the civilizational landscape of France and Occitania during the golden age of Old French and Old Provençal poetry. It will interest not only Romanists, but also historians, specialists of the history of religions, and students and scholars of general and comparative literature.