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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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