DUCHOWE POŻYTKI Z PODRÓŻY I DIABELSKIE PUŁAPKI NA DRODZE DO ZBAWIENIA NA PRZYKŁADZIE DWÓCH TEKSTÓW Z XIII W.
Spiritual Benefits of Travel and Devil’s Traps on the Way to Salvation on the Example of Two Thirteenth-century Texts

Author(s): Agata Sobczyk
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: hermit; monk; woman; sin; pride; desert
Summary/Abstract: In two very different thirteenth-century texts, the theme of travel is treated in analogous but seemingly contradictory manner. These texts are: Life of Mary of Egypt, and Saracen Woman, a story from the collection of La vie des pères. The lesson of Life of Mary of Egypt says that it is necessary to go out, and the lesson of the Saracen Woman – that this is dangerous for the salvation of the soul. In fact, the adventure told in the second text is just as salutary as that of the first one: both characters are healed of pride. It seems, therefore, that one should always go out even when it seems it should not be done.

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