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Gender similarities and differences in european animal fables of the middle ages

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• Κατσαδώρος, Γεώργιος Κ.

In 12Ih and 13th century England, local landlords were the ultimate administrators in the territory granted to them by the supreme ruler. Odo of Cheriton, heir to a wealthy Norman family, was able to travel widely and study under many notable teachers of the period. Upon returning to his homeland, he spent most of his time on writing and on local ecclesiastical administration. Of his many works, it was his Fables, related to those of Aesop, that acquired him a reputation throughout Europe and inspired both his contemporaries and later generations. As they developed over the ages, Aesopean fables became both a means for conveying moral education and field for literary adaptations, whose aim was principally entertainment. Odo’s main goal, in writing his Fables, was to lambast the many evils of society, his favourite topic being the corruption of authority in general and of the Church in particular. The Fables clearly reflect perceptions related to gender differences dominant in the Middle Ages.

• Other Humanities
• Languages and Literature

• Λαογραφία
• Λογοτεχνία

παραμύθια, Μεσαίωνας

Επιμέλεια αγγλικής μετάφρασης περιλήψεων: Δρ. Βασιλική Χρυσανθοπούλου, Ερευνήτρια, Κέντρο Ερεύνης της Ελληνικής Λαογραφίας, Ακαδημία Αθηνών