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-When Charles II returned to power in 1660, the Anglican church again became the establised church. Some diversity was allowed, but well-known nonconformists like Bunyan were jailed as examples. -Pilgrims Progress is an allegory. Christian allegories date back to the fourth century a.d., when Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy. -Allegory ~ is the reading of documents on several levels. It was used by church in middle ages, and still is popular.
Allegory. Definition: An allegory is a story with (count 'em) two levels of meaning. First, there's the surface of the story. You know, the characters and plot and all that obvious stuff. Then there's the symbolic level, or the deeper meaning that all the jazz on the surface represents.