Question

What is the central theme of Speculum Meditantis?

• A. The divine right of kings and political order
• B. Sins and moral corruption of the age
• C. The quest for the Holy Grail and chivalric ideals
• D. The nature of courtly love and idealized romance

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Sins and moral corruption of the age

• The work is essentially a sermon in verse.

• Condemns the moral evils of society.

• Represents Gower’s moral and didactic tone.