The Late Middle Ages in Britain
The world of the late Middle Ages in Britain was dominated by an emphasis on religious faith and a romantic literary spirit. Christianity came around the the end of the 6th century and was used in the popular folk lore Beowulf and was adopted by the Anglo-Saxons which they prospered from building churches, to schools, and library's .Romance took a great toll in Britain and molded it into something much more physical, and vocal that no one was to expect in its time, this era was called the romantic age. Knights played a big role in the middle ages or even the icon of the romantic age, knights would take to those dear to them and commit their eternal love to there and often joust for their loved ones. Most romances tell of the adventures of the noble night including king Arthur and his fellow knights of the round table. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/images/index_middle_ages_large.jpg |
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This six weeks, we're applying a psychological approach to movies and stories called "Archetypal Analysis." This involves looking for symbols in works that transcend culture and time.
However to really understand where archetypes derive from, one must understand the underlying theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung regarding the collective unconscious. |