"Caritas" Begins at Home: Virtue and Domesticity in Chrétien's "Yvain"

"Caritas" Begins at Home: Virtue and Domesticity in Chrétien's "Yvain"

This article argues that Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain serves as an exemplum of Christian virtue through which the author explores caritas—love directed toward a higher purpose than oneself—as the theological virtue under which all others are ordered and which the hero Yvain must work to perfect....

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Veröffentlicht in:Arthuriana (Dallas, Tex.) Tex.), 2017-04, Vol.27 (1), p.43-72
1. Verfasser: FOWLER, REBEKAH M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Abelard, Peter (1079-1142)
Charities
Christianity
Ethics
Friendship
God
Heroism & heroes
Theology
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Zusammenfassung:This article argues that Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain serves as an exemplum of Christian virtue through which the author explores caritas—love directed toward a higher purpose than oneself—as the theological virtue under which all others are ordered and which the hero Yvain must work to perfect.
ISSN:1078-6279
1934-1539
1934-1539
DOI:10.1353/art.2017.0002