I'm going to talk about the story of Joan of Arc because I’ve always admire this woman for her courage, determination and firm faith. She’s a patron saint of France and she spent all her life protecting and encouraging...
“The Seven Deadly Sins” is one of the most famous works by the composer, professor and playwright Bertold Brecht. It can be defined as a didactic play whose text was later used by Kurt Weill to compose a ballet...
The Grail or, according to the medieval tradition, the Holy Grail, is the legendary cup used by Jesus during the Last Supper, or even the cup in which Joseph of Arimathea collected the blood of Jesus after his crucifixion.
The...
There are many legends that tell stories about King Arthur and his valiant knights of the Round Table. A lot of deeds and heroic firms fused together with suffering loves, with overwhelming passions and with epic ideals. Arthur’s bravery,...
The Anglo-Saxon period started around 4th century B.C. when people from Germany migrated to Britain. They started to write their own literature, known as the Anglo-Saxon or Old English literature. This definition refers to poetry and prose composed between 5th century and the Norman Conquest in...
The Magna Carta or Magna Charta libertatum is considered the symbol of democracy because it was the first written document that recognized human rights, limited the powers of the king, and created the basis of modern institutions, such as...
If we know something about the important figure of the druids, mostly attributed to the pagan religion that the Celtic population used to practice in their culture, it is thanks to some texts from Latin literature.
Druids, in the Celtic...
In 1348 the Black Death started to spread in Europe, transmitted by parasitic fleas that lived in the fur of the rodents, in particular the rats which hid in the holds of the ships. This is because the illness...
The originality of the Elckerlijc has been discussed at length since it is very similar to Everyman but after careful studies it has emerged that Elckerlijc is the original poem from which Everyman draws its story: it is, in...
The Celts were divided in different groups based on where they were located. They had their own magnificent religion made of different gods and traditions. Their leaders practiced sacrifices in specific places and belived in the after life.
The Celts...
