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Configuração do mal na demanda do Santo Graal

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Summary:In a period when the Christian Church prepared the Crusades and created the ideal of the Knight of Christ, the Quest for the Holy Grail suits as a means to spread cleric concepts, since they were concerned in subduing behaviors associated to the sins of the fl esh. It is also a kind of repressing speech disseminated by the medieval Renaissance ideal of the XII century. By analyzing the allegorical elements present in the story of the origin of the Barker Beast, a symbol of the most abominable sins to be fi ercely combated by the Christian knights, this article discusses the guidelines that governed the characterization of the devil and his tricks along cavalry adventures.
Main Authors:Siqueira, Ana Marcia Alves
Subject:Mal Diabo Demanda - do - Santo - Graal Cavalaria Alegoria
Year:2016
Country:Brazil
Document type:book part
Access type:open access
Associated institution:IBICT
Language:Portuguese
Origin:Oasisbr
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Summary:In a period when the Christian Church prepared the Crusades and created the ideal of the Knight of Christ, the Quest for the Holy Grail suits as a means to spread cleric concepts, since they were concerned in subduing behaviors associated to the sins of the fl esh. It is also a kind of repressing speech disseminated by the medieval Renaissance ideal of the XII century. By analyzing the allegorical elements present in the story of the origin of the Barker Beast, a symbol of the most abominable sins to be fi ercely combated by the Christian knights, this article discusses the guidelines that governed the characterization of the devil and his tricks along cavalry adventures.

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