Diabo versus salva o na vis o de Túndalo

Visio Tnugdali is an exemplum, a moral narrative with the task of convincing an audience for the purpose of conversion. Produced in the in twelfth century by an unknown Cistercian monk, it was translated to Portuguese in the fifteenth century (Vis o de Túndalo). Through the image of the devil and of the torments in hell, the Christians would repent their sins and search for salvation, adopting the behavior indicated by the Catholic Church to conduct them to Paradise.