http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/ Explorations in Medieval Studies and Beyond Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:19:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/#comment-956 Shelley J. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:58:17 +0000 http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/#comment-956 I agree with Brittany's comment. It seems like Geoffrey might be trying to say that no matter who the king is...it is God's final judgement that makes or breaks a people and their country. Kind of like the cycle we talked about a few weeks ago. It seems to be a cycle of war and history. Does God also decide which war is holy and just, and which war is wrong and unjust according to which king is ruling? I agree with Brittany’s comment. It seems like Geoffrey might be trying to say that no matter who the king is…it is God’s final judgement that makes or breaks a people and their country. Kind of like the cycle we talked about a few weeks ago. It seems to be a cycle of war and history. Does God also decide which war is holy and just, and which war is wrong and unjust according to which king is ruling?

]]> http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/#comment-954 Charles C Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:56:07 +0000 http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/#comment-954 I was thinking on similar lines as Brittany when I read this section. This is a real hands-on God. This isn't allegory, Geoffrey's God makes some thunder and actually speaks to Cadwaller through an 'Angelic Voice.' The will of this God is also associated with the fulfillment of the Merlin prophecies and the Sayings of the Sybil--which suggests a conflation of Christianity, preternatural prescience and Classical Paganism. I was thinking on similar lines as Brittany when I read this section. This is a real hands-on God. This isn’t allegory, Geoffrey’s God makes some thunder and actually speaks to Cadwaller through an ‘Angelic Voice.’ The will of this God is also associated with the fulfillment of the Merlin prophecies and the Sayings of the Sybil–which suggests a conflation of Christianity, preternatural prescience and Classical Paganism.

]]> http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/#comment-948 Brittany Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:44:40 +0000 http://jvhalbrooks.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/geoffrey-comments-on-the-house-of-constantine-section/#comment-948 On page 263 I noticed a reference to homosexuality which I thought was interesting because I don't remember that ever coming up before. On the next page, Geooffrey goes off on a speech about how the people are always fighting, which gives us a look at the moral implications that Geoffery is trying to envoke in his book. It's confirmed on page 274 when Cadwallo talks about the reason they haven't been able to keep peace and their lands is because of God's judgement on them. It also seemed like the last few pages where all about God's judgement on the people throughout the different rulers. On page 263 I noticed a reference to homosexuality which I thought was interesting because I don’t remember that ever coming up before.
On the next page, Geooffrey goes off on a speech about how the people are always fighting, which gives us a look at the moral implications that Geoffery is trying to envoke in his book. It’s confirmed on page 274 when Cadwallo talks about the reason they haven’t been able to keep peace and their lands is because of God’s judgement on them. It also seemed like the last few pages where all about God’s judgement on the people throughout the different rulers.

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