num_pages: 388
description: The Allegory of A Study in Medieval Tradition (1936), by C. S. Lewis (ISBN 0192812203), is an influential exploration of the allegorical treatment of love in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the first chapter, Lewis traces the development of the idea of courtly love from the Provençal troubadours to its full development in the works of Chrétien de Troyes.
language: English
title: The Allegory of Love:  A Study in Medieval Tradition
titlecomplete: The Allegory of Love:  A Study in Medieval Tradition
genres: Literature, History, Classics, Criticism, Philosophy, Medieval, Poetry, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Christian
ratings_count: 590
publisher: Oxford/ Galaxy