It warns of 'incidences of violence, mental illness and expressions of Christian faith' in other medieval texts also
A Christian organisation has criticised a "trigger warning" which the University of Nottingham has put on famous medieval works in English Literature such as Chaucer, William Langland, John Gower, and Thomas Hoccleve. A Freedom of Information request made by the Mail on Sunday revealed the warning is placed on a module entitled Chaucer and his Contemporaries.
It is the "expressions of Christian faith" which have upset Christian Concern and its chief executive Andrea Williams said: "The Bible is foundational to understanding the history of English literature. "To censor expressions of the Christian faith is to erase our literary heritage. True education engages and fosters understanding, not avoidance. Our universities should allow students who have chosen to study some of the greatest works in English literature, the freedom of academic thought to make up their own minds rather than planting loaded warnings about the Christian faith."
Another author on the reading list, William Langland, writes about "rich ecclesiastical politics" and "Christian virtue" in the classic poem "Piers Plowman".
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