Esop's Book and the lesson of fables: didactic literature in the Late Middle Ages in Portugal

Authors

  • Maria Elizabeth Graça de Vasconcellos Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-1184.v0i3p11-16

Keywords:

14th and 15th Centuries, Portugal, fables.

Abstract

Bringing back the ethical function of Plato's exemplum, didatic literature guieded the readers the last European Middle Ages to an imitation of Christ. The portuguese manuscript of the XV century, entitled Esop's Book, reinforced the classical heritage and state that pacience, chastity, humility and work were the true road to Paradise.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biography

  • Maria Elizabeth Graça de Vasconcellos, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
    Professora da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Downloads

Published

1998-12-04

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (1998)

Section

Essays

How to Cite

Vasconcellos, M. E. G. de. (1998). Esop’s Book and the lesson of fables: didactic literature in the Late Middle Ages in Portugal. Literatura E Sociedade, 3(3), 11-16. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-1184.v0i3p11-16