Slide 1Medieval Romance Slide 2 The term romance comes from Romance languages, meaning those languages derived from Latin (French, Italian, Spanish) Many of the first romances…
Slide 1Courtly Love Slide 2 Ideal Love Real life will never arranges itself exactly like a romance - so enjoy every moment until the end of the story because the memories…
Slide 1 Arthur Legends Fact vs. fiction Excalibur Gawain and the Green Knight Slide 2 Dark Ages The 4 th and 5 th centuries CE The Dark Ages were a time in which…
Slide 1 ASPECTS OF KNIGHTHOOD Coats of Arms, Codes of Honor, and Feudal England A Pre-Cursor to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Slide 2 HERALDRY A smaller part of a coat…
Slide 1 Momento Mori Medieval English Literature Slide 2 Julius Ceasar 54 BC Claudius 43 AD Slide 3 Londinium founded in 50 AD Slide 4 Hadrian’s Wall 122 AD Slide 5 Honorius…
Slide 1 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Slide 2 So what kind of story is this? It’s a ROMANCE (but not like the movie The Notebook or Sweet Home Alabama). ROMANCE:…
Slide 1 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT By Kelsey Ferrell, Sophie Hogan, Katie Binger, Owen Powell and Parker Dolton Slide 2 BACKGROUND By Sophie Hogan Slide 3 SIR GAWAIN…
Slide 1 1. What is the Green Knight's "real" name? 2. What is his wife's name, the Lady of the story? 3. Who does the Green Knight eventually say is responsible…
Slide 1 Classical to Medieval The debt to France and the Latin World Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 The Dark Ages of Europe: 400-1000 CE Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9…