Virgil's abrupt and unsettling ending in Book VI and famously in 12 has divided literary scholars and historians ever since the Aeneid's first publication. ... The reason the message of pietas is vague and ambiguous is because Virgil died before the Aeneid was finished. ... This is probably highly improbable because remember, Virgil was highly meticulous and intelligent, and everything he does in the Aeneid is not without reason. ... Now remember we must consider the circumstances that Virgil was writing the Aeneid in. ... As said before, the unsettling ending of Book 12 and ambiguo...

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Before the civic spirit and individuality evident and necessary to the Renaissance came to fruition, there had to have been something to trigger a change in the mentality of the medieval civilization. The medieval manorialism fostered illiteracy and ignorance and a very narrow view of the outside w...

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