![]() A challenging question for the medieval period was the nature and status of women.The central concern of medieval literature is the same as in our own time: the individual person working out his or her individual destiny.The most vivid legacy of the Middle Ages is the cast of characters it has contributed to world literature: Roland, Charlemagne, Sir Gawain, Beowulf, the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales, and the lost souls of the Inferno. ![]() For example, the essential question at the heart of works like Beowulf and The Song of Roland is: When does personal bravery give way to the needs of the group? Can a person be both a full-hearted lover and a loyal warrior? Can the same people perform both the deeds of war and those of civilization? The writing of the time demonstrates that chivalric values are never entirely consistent with each other. ![]()
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