The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Nature - This refers to the realm below the orbit of the moon.

The Sky - This refers to the region of the universe above the sphere of the orbit of the moon.

The First Mover - This dwells at the most distant celestial sphere and works out of love of God, and tries to imitate his perfection.

Astrology - This is the medieval art which attempts to predict human events through reading the movement and location of the stars and planets.

Aether - This is the fifth element and exists only in...
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