allegorical court of Venus

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The allegorical court of Venus is a symbolic, courtly realm presided over by the goddess of love, where matters of love, desire, and moral instruction are dramatized and judged.

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allegorical court of Venus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf allegorical setting ⓘ
literary motif ⓘ
mythological court ⓘ
symbolic realm ⓘ
associatedWith Renaissance literature ⓘ
classical mythology ⓘ
medieval allegory ⓘ
embodies courtly ideals of behavior in love ⓘ
tension between pleasure and morality ⓘ
hasActivity hearing love complaints ⓘ
issuing judgments ⓘ
staging allegorical dramas ⓘ
hasDomain desire ⓘ
love ⓘ
hasFunction dramatization of love affairs ⓘ
judgment of lovers ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
hasJudge Venus ⓘ
hasMoralDimension condemnation of infidelity ⓘ
evaluation of chastity ⓘ
evaluation of lust ⓘ
reward of constancy ⓘ
hasParticipants allegorical personifications ⓘ
courtiers ⓘ
lovers ⓘ
petitioners in love ⓘ
hasSettingType court ⓘ
otherworldly realm ⓘ
hasTheme courtly love ⓘ
erotic desire ⓘ
justice in love ⓘ
moral vice ⓘ
moral virtue ⓘ
punishment of unfaithfulness ⓘ
reward of true love ⓘ
narrativeRole frame for love debates ⓘ
stage for personified virtues and vices ⓘ
tribunal for amorous cases ⓘ
presidedBy Venus ⓘ
symbolizes idealized courtly society ⓘ
moral evaluation of lovers ⓘ
power of love ⓘ
social regulation of desire ⓘ
usedFor instruction of audiences ⓘ
moral exempla about love ⓘ
usedIn allegorical literature ⓘ
courtly love narratives ⓘ
didactic poems ⓘ

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Confessio Amantis → setting → allegorical court of Venus ⓘ