Answer: Medieval writers used allegory to explore deep spiritual meanings and to protect themselves from political or religious persecution.
Explanation:
The allegory is a figure of speech by which the author seeks to convey a message through story, characters and appealing to people's hearts and close realities, without explicitly saying what they mean.
In medieval times, authors used the allegory to explore deep spiritual meanings, but also to protect themselves from religious or political persecution. First of all, to explore deep spiritual meanings, medieval writers first had to appeal to people's close realities and convey a message by making them understand what they meant first.
Second of all, freedom of expression was severely censored in medieval times and authors could not say what they truly believed. So they used the allegory, making sure that those who wanted to see the hidden meaning beneath their lines will find it and if any authority figure ever questioned them, they could hide behind the literal meaning of their texts.
