Remember you are making an argument. You are not narrating or describing the authors’ works. You are expressing your ideas which you support with references to the authors.
PART 1 Question:
Discuss Dante’s Inferno. What are the most salient political, cultural, and theological elements of the book? What does it tell you about western European culture around 1300? What was important to Dante and how he articulates his values in this book? YOU COULD FOCUS ON
SOME OF THE CANTOS; RATHER THAN THE ENTIRE INFERNO
DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES AT ALL FOR THIS QUESTION
Discussing the Hundred Years War (while providing a short summary of the events) emphasize the social and cultural consequences of the war? How does Froissart (PDF pages 91-94) represent the conflict? How does he depict the different social classes in the descriptions of the battle of Crecy and the Jacquerie?
DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES AT ALL FOR THIS QUESTION AS WELL, ONLY THE PDF I AM ATTACHING
For Part 2 I posted the pdf below
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On the second and subsequent Canto, Virgil explains to Dante about his mission of restoration and saving him. He explains about Virgin Mary’s pity on pilgrim predicament and appoints Lucia to be the savior. Lucia, which means light passes the mantle to Beatrice, whose name signifies blessedness. Beatrice appears to Virgil and reveals God’s will as the ultimate bestower of divine grace (Alighieri et al., 1995). Virgil helps the pilgrim to conquer the challenges in all ninth circle stages of hell to the earth. Lastly, Dante inferno poses three essential questions which include, the most salient political, theological, and cultural elements, the western European culture around 1300, and the most critical thing to Dante.
