The Philosophical Influence of the Medieval English in Religious Writings
Keywords:
English literature, Religion, Philosophy, Church, English societyAbstract
Over the years, the occupation significantly impacted the cultural, social, and literary levels. It affected the way people think and the extent of their interaction with cultural and other affairs, and one of the crucial aspects affected by this is the literary and linguistic aspects. Therefore, we find that the French occupation greatly affected the English language, causing the disappearance of many of its original vocabulary and the penetration of not a few French terms into English literature and the English language.
On the other hand, religious philosophy, which was mainly in control of all aspects of English life, had a significant impact on influencing English culture and the way of thinking of society, so few English literary works do not deal with religious themes, while the rest of the works, including plays, poems, and others, all work on the spiritual character in the literary work because of the Church's control over all the affairs of society and the abundance of its celebrations and its constant contact with authors who produce scholarly works that talk about religion, theology and the Church, as well as philosophical topics, as the Church was an excellent support for religious philosophy.
The aim of this study is to reveal the interaction between religion and philosophy, the extent of their impact on society, the way religion is intertwined in literature, and the extent of the influence of the Catholic Church on English or European society as a whole, so to speak, and whether there are literary works that have survived the sweeping of religious philosophy into English literature, also this study examines the content of several medieval works to ascertain the extent to which the influence of the Church may be discerned.
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