• "The difference between medieval and early modern is one of degree rather than strict demarcation." Discuss this idea in the context of any two writers you have read.(Everyman and Dr Faustus)

     

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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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The medieval and early modern periods were eras with distinctive issues and ideals. Some of their key themes were very similar, such as the importance of religion and the role it played in everyday life, while other matters were unique to their time, such as the medieval selling of indulgences, or the early modern Reformation of the Church. These examples illustrate clearly the mixture of change and stasis in the two ages, as a subject shared by both periods yielded so great a diversity of issues. The distinction of the eras makes it evident that some change did occur, but as the period of…

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