Medievalists.net » Confessio Amantis http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Lover’s Confession: Three Tales by John Gower http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/lovers-confession-three-tales-john-gower/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/26/lovers-confession-three-tales-john-gower/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2014 18:01:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52862 Sarah Higley, from the University of Rochester, created this film based on three stories from Confessio Amantis: The Travelers and the Angel, The Tale of Machaire and Canace, and The Tale of Florent.

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