The Spirit Of Knight On Orlando Furioso

Ariosto spent 30 years on the book Orlando Furioso.Orlando Furioso is not only the most outstanding chivalric romance of Italy,but also one of the best works of chivalric literature since the medieval history in Western Europe.Orlando Furioso describes more than one legendary storys,created the Olando,Ruggiero and many other knight characters,performs the spirit of the knight as religious beliefs,attaches great importance to the honor,loyalty and generous in many aspects.The spirit of the knights contained in the works comes from the medieval chivalric works,but which mixs the spirit of secular enjoyment and adventure in renaissance together.Chivalry produces the spirit of knight.The feudal lords and Christianity has deep influence on the spirit of knight during its development process.Orlando Furioso inherit the spirit of knight in the middle ages and also give it new intension.The spirit of knight got into trouble in renaissance,so much humanist satirize it.But Ariosto still glorify the spirit of knight in his works,help to wake up this spirit.The spirit of knight on Orlando Furioso Condense the essence of European classical culture,different system of the medieval knight literature thought connotation,and comprehensive performance the Renaissance humanism spirit.In the same time,Ariosto created some female knights,this female knights are brave and had high force,which show the reflection of sex prejudice since middle ages.