Anticlaudianus Glossary

Anticlaudianus Glossary

Eclectic

unusual yet interesting

rhetoric

the art of persuasion

cloister

A covered walkway in a monastery

treatise

an written essay on a subject

sodomy

an antiquated term for homosexual intercourse. Alain de Lille railed against sodomy in his writings.

penance

the act of asking to be forgiven by a religious leader or God for a wrongdoing committed

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