From the 12th century, universities in Bologna, Paris & Oxford professionalized teaching. They repressed lively, idiosyncratic masters like Serlo of Wilton. … Read the post failure of universities began in the twelfth century
Resisting the common superlative “flower of flowers {flos florum},” a medieval poet insisted on his beloved women actually being as lovely as a flower. … Read the post beloved woman as lovely as a flower
While walking and thinking, medieval men were sensuously alive to the world’s beauty, especially beautiful women. They needed spiritual strength. … Read the post medieval men’s sensitivity to sensuous impressions
The 12th-century cleric Serlo of Wilton outdid Ovid in love poetry, then became a Cistercian monk. Serlo exemplifies medieval men’s passionate love. … Read the post Serlo of Wilton shows medieval men’s love ambition
That women prefer jerks is proverbial, but men also love abusive women. Medieval literature documents that the human heart is crooked. … Read the post unpleasant truth: some persons prefer jerks in love