Comparative Literature, October 1st, 2002
ALTER MAP'S TREATMENT of the Cistercian order of monks has long been recognized as a first-rate satire and a memorably acrid contribution to the many criticisms aimed at the Cistercians in the late twelfth century.1 Map's satire appears in his De Nugis Curialium (The Courtiers' Trifles), which he composed largely in the 1180s and continued to revise during the following decade, perhaps, as some speculate, taking it with him to Oxford when he became archdeacon in 1197.2 During his long lifetime (c. 1135-1210) Map served his King, Henry 11, as a "king's justice" (Rigg, History 88). His book appe...
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