Is the word “munt” in anyway connected to the Hellenic Chain of Being as visualized by medieval philosophers? I think I read that the religious and social hierarchies in Canterbury Tales are a reflection of the concept of “munt.” Am I imagining this? Some sort of from-the-ground-to-the-gods Hellenic vision of the world, seeing as their gods looked down at them from a mountain top, as if people are a rather low and weak link in the Great Chain of Being?
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Is the word “munt” in anyway connected to the Hellenic Chain of Being as visualized by medieval philosophers? I think I read that the religious and social hierarchies in Canterbury Tales are a reflection of the concept of “munt.” Am I imagining this? Some sort of from-the-ground-to-the-gods Hellenic vision of the world, seeing as their gods looked down at them from a mountain top, as if people are a rather low and weak link in the Great Chain of Being?
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I’m unaware of a connection, but the OE word munt comes from Latin.
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“Munt” seems to be connected to the word “munte” which means mountain.
munte (singular) – munti (plural)
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