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CULTURES OF EUROPE

CULTURES OF EUROPE. THE AGE OF CHIVALRY The Middle Ages c. 5th-15th century. The Fall of the Roman Empire. " Dark Ages „ ( Early Middle Ages) a characterization highlighting the relative scarcity of literary and cultural output from this time, especially in Western Europe.

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CULTURES OF EUROPE

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  1. CULTURES OF EUROPE THE AGE OF CHIVALRY The Middle Ages c. 5th-15th century

  2. The Fall of the Roman Empire

  3. "Dark Ages„ (Early Middle Ages) a characterization highlighting the relative scarcity of literary and cultural output from this time, especially in Western Europe.

  4. Christian Crusades

  5. The Black Death

  6. The Crucifix/Cross

  7. Jesus Christ: Son of God and Son of Mary (The Annunciation, The Holy Family)

  8. The Last Judgement Christus, Petrus, 1452, Berlin – hierarchy Next slide: Hans Memling – a triptych (altarpiece) – The Last Judgement (Gdansk)

  9. Thomas Celano, 13th c. Latin Hymn: Dies Irae • Day of wrath! O day of mourning!See fulfilled the prophets' warning,Heaven and earth in ashes burning! • Oh, what fear man's bosom rendeth,when from heaven the Judge descendeth,on whose sentence all dependeth • Death is struck, and nature quaking,all creation is awaking,to its Judge an answer making.

  10. Ják, Hungary: Romanesque church

  11. Semicircular arches

  12. Piers

  13. Openings/Doors and Windows

  14. Gothic cathedrals - heavenward

  15. Pointed arches

  16. Windows

  17. Ribbed Vaults

  18. Flying Buttresses

  19. Monks and monasteries

  20. Pagan Heroes: Beowulf (England, 6-10th c.)

  21. Courtly loveknights and women

  22. Jousts, tournaments

  23. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table – The Holy Grail

  24. Arthur (top centre) in an illustration to the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, late 14th century King Arthur Queen Guinevre Sir Launcelot Merlin, the wizard Sir Gawain Sir Galahad Mordred Morgan Le Fay Welsh, French, English and Latin works

  25. Medieval pragmatism – the grotesque and humour

  26. Geoffrey Chaucer’sThe Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere Manuscript (early 15th c.)

  27. Francois Villon: QUATRAIN THAT VILLON MADE WHEN HE WAS DOOMED TO DIE I'M Francis ill avails it me Born near Pontoise, in Paris see : Whose neck, at the end of a rope of three, Must feel how heavy my buttocks be.

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