Abbey of Thélème
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The Abbey of Thélème is a fictional, utopian monastery in François Rabelais’s work "Gargantua," famed for its motto "Do what thou wilt" and its satirical inversion of traditional monastic rules.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional abbey
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literary setting ⓘ utopian community ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Gargantua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalFeature |
comfortable private quarters
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luxurious buildings ⓘ richly furnished halls ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Renaissance skepticism
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humanism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | François Rabelais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalActivity |
dance
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hunting ⓘ music ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| educationalAspect |
study of arts
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study of languages ⓘ study of sciences ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| governedBy | principle of free will ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
satire
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utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-asceticism
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critique of monasticism ⓘ freedom ⓘ humanist education ⓘ individual will ⓘ reversal of traditional religious rules ⓘ |
| influenced |
later utopian literature
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modern libertine and libertarian thought ⓘ occult and esoteric movements ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | French Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | world of Gargantua and Pantagruel ⓘ |
| membershipRule |
both men and women admitted
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only beautiful, well-born, and virtuous people admitted ⓘ |
| motto |
Do what thou wilt
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Fay ce que vouldras ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruleSystem |
absence of fixed schedule
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no compulsory prayers ⓘ no vows of chastity ⓘ no vows of obedience ⓘ no vows of poverty ⓘ |
| satirizes |
medieval monastic rules
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traditional monasteries ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
ideal of free, self-regulating individuals
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rejection of oppressive religious authority ⓘ |
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