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- a delicate probe of the interdependence of honor, violence, pride, and courtesy, of the political constraints of kingship, state-making and national identity, and of the relation of a chivalric ethos to the values and experience of other estates, classes,

dede, Lord, wele were me thanne. "For all for wonting of my witte, Fowle of the lond am I putte, Of my frindes I have made foes; For kyndenes of my gud wille, I am in poynte myselfe to spille."

and the woodsman's knowledge of the ritual of "breaking" the deer. 34 Syr Mewreke. Here begins a catalogue of Arthurian knights whose names are drawn from a variety of sources. Some of the most prominent companions of the Round Table

into a prediction of God's salvation of His faithful, as an act of vengeance (vindicare) on the adversary. The poet may thus be hinting at the dragon story's underlying simple allegory of salvation through the triumph of good over evil.

of the household and selected guests of honor. 59 Garlandys of wylos. Willows were traditionally associated with those unlucky in love. 74 Duke of Gloseter. The first duke of Gloucester was Thomas of Woodstock (1355–97), one of the sons

kyng of Arragon. The fyrste that rode noght forthy Was the kyng of Lumbardy, A man of grete renowne, And Tryamowre rode hym ageyn: Thogh he were mekyll man of mayne, The chylde broght hym downe. The kyngys sone of

he, Myghtyly in wurde and eke in dede. Of God he had ryght grett poosté! Amonge the pepyl, his name gan sprede. He hyght Jhesu of Nazareth, A man he was of ryght grett fame. The Jewys hym kylde with

of. The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, and the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth." The list

As of renowne. And yit I mervayle of that thyng, Of puplicans sen prince am I Of hym I cowthe have no knowyng. Yf all I wolde have comen hym nere, Arly and late, For I am lawe, and of

of approaching Saul in The Conversion of Paul. 142 ff. Gramercy madame! The humor of this scene, in which one of God's chosen people is completely oblivious of whom he is speaking with, is strongly reminiscent of the humor

With tymeros hert and tremlyng hand of drede, Of cunnyng naked, bare of eloquence, Unto the flour of poort in womanhede1 I write, as he that none intelligence Of metres hath, ne floures of sentence, Sauf that me list my

Moche gode of them he hadde; Y can not telle, so God me gladde, So grete was ther raunsome! Among them alle had he oon, Was grettest of them everychon, A lorde of many a towne, Syr Trylabas of Turky

sums in the ransoming of high-born magnates was one of the principal attractions of warfare for those who participated in the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. King John of France, captured in the battle of Poitiers in 1356,

of Fraunce at the home komyng Into this citee of theyre noble Kyng. Of sevyn thinges I preyse this citee: Of trewe menyng, and feythfull observaunce, Of rihtwysnesse, trouthe, and equyté, Of stablenesse ay kepte in lygeaunce; And for

of this worlde of shame and of vanytt to the worlde of worship, the endles worlde, the everlastinge worlde; from the worlde of vanyt and foly to the worlde of wisdame, of reasoun, and trouthe; and fro the worlde

of the poem as the reader gains the attention of the audience. 1-79 A number of scholars have noted the similarity between the initial situation of Sir Cleges and that of Sir Amadace; the two poems share the motif

was he. Mynstrels lovyd he welle in halle, And gafe theme rych robys of paule And gyftys of glytering gold. Of curtassye that knyght was kynge And of his mete not sparynge; Ther goth none syche on molde He had

ff.). The ritual of butchering is not simply a matter of technical knowledge, but a display of the rule-bound nature of the hunt that makes it a hallmark of aristocratic identity; Arthur's performance here, within the precincts of the royal

the equivalent, perhaps, of the sixteenth line and the first four lines of the next stanza, tell of Lady Lufamore's greeting of King Arthur. They are missing apparently because of the scribe's oversight and not because of the damage to

seven thousand of the enemy. Similarly, you should want to show your success by confessing huge monsters of sin: elephants of pride, whales of avarice, lions of anger, wolves of rapacity and bulls of indiscipline. (Smith, “William of Auvergne,” p.

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