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* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Lewis explains that in the Middle Ages there were no textbooks - bestiaries are not meant to teach about how animals actually behave, but how [[BeastFable men ought]], with a heavy dose of literary tradition that was chic to know. Same goes for maps and many other medieval writings. If you wanted a practical skill, you had to learn it from someone. Textbooks, in the sense of a manual containing written instructions on how to do something practical, arose later (especially after the printing press).
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* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Lewis explains that in the Middle Ages there were no textbooks - -- bestiaries are not meant to teach about how animals actually behave, but how [[BeastFable men ought]], with a heavy dose of literary tradition that was chic to know. Same goes for maps and many other medieval writings. If you wanted a practical skill, you had to learn it from someone. Textbooks, in the sense of a manual containing written instructions on how to do something practical, arose later (especially after the printing press).
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*** launch yourself at the bully with full intention of breaking nose if you're Choleric,
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*** launch yourself at the bully with full intention of breaking their nose if you're Choleric,
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* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Lewis explains that in the Middle Ages there were no textbooks - bestiaries are not meant to teach about how animals actually behave, but how [[BeastFable men ought]], with a heavy dose of literary tradition that was chic to know. Same goes for maps and many other medieval writings. If you wanted a practical skill, you had to learn it from someone.
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* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Lewis explains that in the Middle Ages there were no textbooks - bestiaries are not meant to teach about how animals actually behave, but how [[BeastFable men ought]], with a heavy dose of literary tradition that was chic to know. Same goes for maps and many other medieval writings. If you wanted a practical skill, you had to learn it from someone. Textbooks, in the sense of a manual containing written instructions on how to do something practical, arose later (especially after the printing press).
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* TropesAreTools: Tropes and figures are a sort of language - they mean things (has it changed?). The medievals didn't value originality of plot very much - they tried to tell edifying stories the best way possible.
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->''"At his most characteristic, medieval man was not a dreamer nor a wanderer. He was an organiser, a codifier, a builder of systems."''
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->''"At his most characteristic, medieval man was not a dreamer nor a wanderer. He was an organiser, a codifier, a builder of systems."''
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* WesternZodiac: {{Astrology}} is also discussed, insomuch as it features in literature.
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* WesternZodiac: {{Astrology}} Astrology is also discussed, insomuch as it features in literature.
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* FourTemperamentsEnsemble: The four temperaments are discussed in some detail, part of the definition of temperament being how the person handles '''anger'''. For instance, if you're an eleven year old and see your friend being bullied, you:
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* FourTemperamentsEnsemble: FourTemperamentEnsemble: The four temperaments are discussed in some detail, part of the definition of temperament being how the person handles '''anger'''. For instance, if you're an eleven year old and see your friend being bullied, you:
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* DreamingTheTruth: If a medieval work contains a dream sequence, the dream will likely be of this sort.
* FourTemperamentsEnsemble: The four temperaments are discussed in some detail, part of the definition of temperament being how the person handles '''anger'''. For instance, if you're an eleven year old and see your friend being bullied, you:
*** push the bully away, calling him some choice words, then focus on comforting your friend if you're Sanguine,
*** launch yourself at the bully with full intention of breaking nose if you're Choleric,
*** fret and obsess over what you should do, feel guilty about not doing it, possibly daydream later on about delivering an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech if you're Melancholic,
*** hang quietly in the background and help your friend clean themselves up later, while lending a sympathetic ear if you're Phlegmatic.
*** push the bully away, calling him some choice words, then focus on comforting your friend if you're Sanguine,
*** launch yourself at the bully with full intention of breaking nose if you're Choleric,
*** fret and obsess over what you should do, feel guilty about not doing it, possibly daydream later on about delivering an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech if you're Melancholic,
*** hang quietly in the background and help your friend clean themselves up later, while lending a sympathetic ear if you're Phlegmatic.
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* TropesAreTools: Tropes and figures are a sort of language - they mean things (has it changed?). The medievals didn't value originality of plot very much - they tried to tell edifying stories the best way possible.
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* TropesAreTools: Tropes and figures are a sort of language - they mean things (has it changed?). The medievals didn't value originality of plot very much - they tried to tell edifying stories the best way possible.possible.
* WesternZodiac: {{Astrology}} is also discussed, insomuch as it features in literature.
* WesternZodiac: {{Astrology}} is also discussed, insomuch as it features in literature.
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'''''The Discarded Image''''' is a series of lectures, later collected, by CSLewis about the Medieval worldview and its effect on literature. Very useful.
It contains explanations on the Medieval take on such tropes as EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, AllMythsAreTrue, ButIReadABookAboutIt, and of course TheFairFolk.
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It contains explanations on the Medieval take on such tropes as EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, AllMythsAreTrue, ButIReadABookAboutIt, and of course TheFairFolk.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Not true per se (you don't actually believe in Hermes and Athena, do you?), but the medievals tended to believe what they read, and what they had to read was ''eclectic''.
* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Lewis explains that in the Middle Ages there were no textbooks - bestiaries are not meant to teach about how animals actually behave, but how [[BeastFable men ought]], with a heavy dose of
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* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Erm, yes and no. In the material order of things, sure. But in the ''spiritual'' order Earth is sort of the suburbs. (See Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy for a literary depiction)
* EpicCatalogue: The medievals loved catalogues of any sort, not always in epic poetry.
* TheFairFolk: Lewis mentions several medieval theories on what, exactly, they are.
* ShoutOut: Since medieval culture was such a bookish one, these abounded.
* TropesAreTools: Tropes and figures are a sort of language - they mean things (has it changed?). The medievals didn't value originality of plot very much - they tried to tell edifying stories the best way possible.
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'''''The Discarded Image''''' is a series of lectures, later collected, by CSLewis about the Medieval worldview and its effect on literature. Very useful.
It contains explanations on the Medieval take on such tropes as EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, AllMythsAreTrue, ButIReadABookAboutIt, and of course TheFairFolk.
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It contains explanations on the Medieval take on such tropes as EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse, AllMythsAreTrue, ButIReadABookAboutIt, and of course TheFairFolk.
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