Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent

The Jeu de saint Nicolas : Questions of Money Money in Jean Bodel’s Jeu de saint Nicolas has many functions. This quality of Saint Nicholas is in part used in the process of conversion, when it becomes an asset of the very young and the very old and can convert the Saracens at a time when sacrifi...

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Auteur principal: Hüe, Denis
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spelling cairn-RMA_182_0369RMALe Moyen Âge https://shs.cairn.info/revue-le-moyen-age-2012-2-page-369?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rma.182.0369 Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent Hüe, Denis2012 ArrasBodelgame of diceJeu de saint Nicolasmoneytri-functionalityfre Le Moyen Âge | CXVIII | 2 | 2012-08-28 | p. 369-386 | 0027-2841 RMA_18243 The Jeu de saint Nicolas : Questions of Money Money in Jean Bodel’s Jeu de saint Nicolas has many functions. This quality of Saint Nicholas is in part used in the process of conversion, when it becomes an asset of the very young and the very old and can convert the Saracens at a time when sacrificing warriors has proved ineffective – wherever Nicholas is, wherever God and his angels are, money multiplies and saves lives. In symmetry, in an Arras tavern, where the game of dice is king – a game of chance in which God has no say – money comes and goes and only brings ruin and deception. The Jeu must be seen as a work inviting the people of Arras to participate in the crusading effort, to garner a different profit from money than that of the game and usury and to turn it into an instrument of salvation.Cairn free access
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Bodel
game of dice
Jeu de saint Nicolas
money
tri-functionality
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Bodel
game of dice
Jeu de saint Nicolas
money
tri-functionality
Hüe, Denis
Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent
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Jeu de saint Nicolas
money
tri-functionality
description The Jeu de saint Nicolas : Questions of Money Money in Jean Bodel’s Jeu de saint Nicolas has many functions. This quality of Saint Nicholas is in part used in the process of conversion, when it becomes an asset of the very young and the very old and can convert the Saracens at a time when sacrificing warriors has proved ineffective – wherever Nicholas is, wherever God and his angels are, money multiplies and saves lives. In symmetry, in an Arras tavern, where the game of dice is king – a game of chance in which God has no say – money comes and goes and only brings ruin and deception. The Jeu must be seen as a work inviting the people of Arras to participate in the crusading effort, to garner a different profit from money than that of the game and usury and to turn it into an instrument of salvation.
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title Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent
title_short Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent
title_full Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent
title_fullStr Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent
title_full_unstemmed Le Jeu de saint Nicolas : questions d'argent
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