The Virtue of Fortitude in Moral Sirventes of Pere March

Abstract

This paper is a joint and complementary reading of poems I, II and III by Pere March. An ascetic program has been observed based on the virtue of fortitude and its annexed virtues: magnanimity, magniicence, patience and perseverance. These virtues are presented, by contrast, with exampla that illustrates the vices that oppose them and that, whenever possible, have been related to the Communiloquium or Summa of Collations of John of Wales book present in the poet’s library.