The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo
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The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo is a Middle Scots poetic dialogue, often attributed to William Dunbar, in which two married women and a widow candidly discuss love, marriage, and sexuality with satirical wit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo Context triple: [William Dunbar, notableWork, The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo Target entity description: The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo is a Middle Scots poetic dialogue, often attributed to William Dunbar, in which two married women and a widow candidly discuss love, marriage, and sexuality with satirical wit.
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A.
A Mari Usque Ad Mare
A Mari Usque Ad Mare is the Latin national motto of Canada, traditionally translated as “From Sea to Sea” and reflecting the country’s vast geographic span.
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B.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
-
C.
Three Regalim
The Three Regalim are the three major Jewish pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot—during which ancient Israelites would ascend to the Temple in Jerusalem.
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D.
De virginibus
De virginibus is a theological treatise by Ambrose of Milan that extols and instructs on Christian virginity and the virtues of consecrated women.
-
E.
De jure praedae
De jure praedae is a seminal early 17th-century legal treatise by Hugo Grotius that laid foundational principles for international law and the freedom of the seas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Scots poem
ⓘ
satirical poem ⓘ verse dialogue ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
court of James IV of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish royal court
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| attributedTo | William Dunbar ⓘ |
| audience | courtly and educated readers ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | attribution uncertain ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 15th–16th century ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | noted for bold treatment of female sexuality ⓘ |
| explores |
gender roles in late medieval Scotland
ⓘ
tension between idealized and actual marriage ⓘ |
| form | narrative poem ⓘ |
| frameNarrator | a male observer-poet ⓘ |
| genre |
poetic dialogue
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| language |
Middle Scots
ⓘ
linked to:
Scots
|
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Scottish Renaissance ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important example of Middle Scots comic narrative ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Middle Scots literature
ⓘ
linked to:
Scottish literature
|
| mainCharacters |
a widow
ⓘ
two married women ⓘ |
| meter | irregular rhymed stanzas ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person framed narration ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
explicit discussion of sexuality
ⓘ
use of female voices to critique social norms ⓘ |
| primaryTheme |
love
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | antifeminist and profeminine debate tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAttribution | The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode | confessional monologue within dialogue ⓘ |
| setting | an outdoor May-time gathering ⓘ |
| studiedIn | courses on medieval and Renaissance Scottish literature ⓘ |
| style | alliterative and rhymed verse ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
critique of husbands
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female perspectives on marriage ⓘ sexual frankness ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | Middle Scots ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | The Treatise of the Two Married Women and the Widow ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| uses |
colloquial speech
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hyperbole ⓘ irony ⓘ |
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