Date of Award
Fall 1977
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
Committee Director
Joseph M. Tyrell
Committee Member
Douglas Greene
Committee Member
Patrick Rollins
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.H47 B73
Abstract
This thesis examines the possibility of establishing a linear relationship between the modern era and the High Middle Ages. Its inspiration is the English poet William Blake, who conceived man' pilgrimage in three stages: Innocence, Experience and Organized Innocence, The focus of the study is the apogee of the High Middle Ages and the particular question of whether that era can be equated with Blake's initial, integrated state of Innocence. Analysis of the literature, art, and. architecture of the period. suggests the validity of Blake's model and its potential value as a framework for understanding and coping with the contemporary era.
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DOI
10.25777/eqmp-tx36
Recommended Citation
Brewster, Joyce N..
"An Evaluation of the Importance of the Period 1140-1270 in Western Civilization"
(1977). Master of Arts (MA), Thesis, History, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/eqmp-tx36
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/history_etds/69