FREN 4123

Medieval Love

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Course Description

Disciplines

Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry , Historical Perspectives

Love fascinated people in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as it still does today. This course will examine understandings and uses of love in religious and secular literature, music and art. What is the relationship, for medieval writers, between the love of God and the love of human beings? What is the role of poetry in promoting and producing love? What medieval ideas about love continue to shape our modern understandings and assumption.

Instructors

Fall 2026 Last 5 Years

Amy Ogden