Reading the Adulterous/treasonous Queen in Early Modern England: Malory's Guinevere and Anne Boleyn

"La Belle Dame Sans Merci" by Sir Frank Dicksee

Arthurian Literature & Art

Part I: Celtic/Medieval

Part II: Victorian/Modern

Part I Celtic/Medieval Alphabetize

• Arthurian Resource--Full general
• Celtic/Infidel Origins and Contexts
• Chivalry & Courtly Love
• More Gender/Sexuality Issues
• Arthurian Texts/Authors

Arthurian Resource--Full general

King Arthur from the Christian
Heroes Tapestry, c. 1385

• Arthurian Legends Illustrated--the Rex Arthur tales told through famous artworks.

  A Simplified Medieval Britain Timeline--covers fifth through 15th centuries.
  Early British Timeline --more detailed timeline; browse to 537 A.D. (decease of Arthur).
  An Arthurian Chronology--lists many of the earlier works about Male monarch Arthur.
  Britannia's Rex Arthur --many links; ane of the best historical sites, past a recognized Arthurian scholar.

• The Historicity and Historicisation of Arthur --scholarly article by Thomas Greenish.
  Lincolnshire and the Arthurian Fable --scholarly article by Thomas Greed arguing for an historical Arthur.
  A Bibliographic Guide to the Characters of the Pre-Galfridian Arthurian Legend --scholarly article past Thomas Green on the ancient folkloric origins of Arthur, his band of heroes, and other significant characters in the Arthurian legends.
  Rex Arthur: The Once and Futurity Male monarch --condensed summary of the "facts" of Arthurian history.
• C. Scott Littleton and Linda A. Malcor'due south From Scythia to Camelot--scholarly review of this book most the Iranian origins of the Arthur fable (except for Guinevere whose origins are Celtic).
• Artorius, Ambrosius, Arthur: Questing for the Historical Arthur, King of Britons --helpful exploration of the "show."
• Arthur: Rex of the Britons --summarizes the bear witness for the various claims about who the real Arthur was.
• Myrddin & Merlin: A Guide to the Early on Evolution of the Merlin Legend --scholarly article by Thomas Green.
• Sub-Roman Britain: An Introduction --history of the age of Arthur (5th and 6th centuries).
• Vortigern Studies: Index--many links to information on Vortigern (and Merlin).
  Merlin--evolution of Merlin's graphic symbol over time.
  Merlin the Sorcerer--overview of Merlin'southward background and life.
  Some Notes on Merlin--scholarly commodity on Merlin as male version of Dame du Lac.

Rex of England
15th century armorial
(artist unknown)

• Centre Ages Knights--many links.
• Life in the Middles Age--many links.
• Camelot Village--helpful overview of daily life in the heart ages.
• Les tr�due south riches heures du Duc de Berry--famous fine art images of everyday life, divided by the months of the year.
• Feudalism and Daily Life--many links.
• Knights Templar--good history.
• Notes on Eye English Romance--helpful definitions of Medieval Romance every bit a literary form. Includes notes on Northrup Frye's definition of the mode of romance.
• Celtic Romances--importance of Celtic sources and themes in the Romance form.
• Romance--detailed introduction to the history of the romance as genre
• King Arthur and the Holy Grail--many links on everything pertaining to the subject.

Celtic/Infidel Origins & Contexts

Celtic Combat (creative person unknown)

• Tradition of the Northern Celts--adept introduction.
• The Celtic Origins of Arthurian Legends--adept overview.
• The Celtic Origins of Arthurian Legends --helpful introduction.
• From Ritual to Romance--Jessie Weston's consummate book (14 chapters) interpreting the pagan motifs of the Percival legends. Recommended: Chapters 6 The Symbols; IX Fisher Rex; XIII Periolous Chapel; and perhaps II Task of the Hero.
• Celtic Women: Myth and Symbol --helpful summary.
• Queen of Air and Darkness --summary of origins of the "loathly lady" and other characters.
• The Indelible Popularity of Courtly Love --based on worship of the Celtic goddess.
• Winning the Hand of the Fair Woman--variations on the theme, related back to the Celtic goddess.
• Lady of the Depths: Primal Goddess of Celtic Shamanism --detailed discussion of the goddess ancestry of those Arthurian Ladies of the Lake.
• Morgan le Fey--skilful introduction to her Celtic groundwork.
• The Female person Spellcaster in Middle English Romances--scholarly article on spellcasters like Morgan le Fay; women, sorcery , heresy--refers to a number of texts, including Sir Gawain.
• The Lady of the Lake --Vivienne every bit the Celtic water goddess Coventina.
• Brigantia, Cartimandua and Gwenhwyfar --scholarly article on Guinevere's origins every bit a sovereignty goddess.
• Guinevere--early Celtic to modern conceptions of this character.
• The Abduction and Rescue of Guinevere --the pagan seasonal myth on which Guinevere'due south story is based.
• Wedded to the Land --Celtic sovereignty goddesses and the Arthurian fable.
• Powerful Dwarves in Arthurian Literature --unusual written report (Arthurian dwarves as solar gods).
• Sir Gawain--the ascension and fall of Gawain as the "perfect knight."
• Gawain and Lancelot--practiced summaries/comments on the evolution of these ii of import knights from ancient literature to their modernistic manifestations. Make sure you lot follow all the links at the cease of each section.
• Solar Aspects of Arthurian knights --Arthur, Gawain, and Lancelot every bit related to the Sun/Sky god.
• Avalon: Gateway to Annwn--Celtic otherworld.
• Magical Glastonbury--article.
• Glastonbury--good photos and summaries of "magical" qualities of Glastonbury.
• Glastonbury Tor: Introduction and Magical Mystery Tor and Glastonbury Tor Maze and The Tor Goddess.
• The Goddess of Avalon--article by Kathy Jones.
• At the Tomb of King Arthur--scholarly commodity.
• Arthurian Places Grid-- links to famous Arthurian landmarks.

Grail appears at the Round
Table (creative person unknown)

• The Celtic Cauldron--Celtic origins of the Grail story.
• The Holy Grail--grail variations, medieval through mod.
• Re-writing the Holy Grail: The Grail-Hero (from Arthurian Romance to Pop Civilisation--practiced summary of the changes undergone by the grail-hero; click on the link "Download this PDF file" (upper right corner) for the consummate article.
• The Priory of Sion Hoax-- debunks the thesis of Holy Blood, Holy Grail.
• The Fisher Rex--expert discussion of his function in the grail myth.
• Houses of the Grail Keeper and the Grail Hero --the grail heroes.
• The Fisher King--adept discussion of Fisher King role from Chretien to modern film.
• Cathars, Celtic Solar Heroes and the Holy Grail --scholarly survey of the grail from Celtic to Christian sources.
• Hitler�south Quest For the Holy Grail And The Ark Of The Covenant--modern quest for a High german Camelot (Steven Spielburg was right!).
• Revealed: Himmler'due south secret quest to locate the 'Aryan Holy Grail' --Nazis as Arthurian heroes?
• Parsifal and the Naziis--Hitler and Wagner's grail opera.
• Wagner, Hitler and Anti-Semitism Is Wagner'southward grail opera anti-semitic?

Chivalry and Courtly Love

Courtly Beloved (artist unknown)

• Ladylike Love Study Guide --analyzes courtly honey "rules" in several medieval texts. Includes expert groundwork.
• An Interpretation of Courtly Beloved --a Jungian approach.
• A Treatise on Courtly Love --excerpts from Andreas Capellanus' famous text.
• Courtly Love and Knightly in the Afterwards Heart Ages --splendid scholarly essay contesting the pop definitions of "courtly love."
• A Medieval Beloved Story: True-life Romance in the 12th-Century --this love story of Abelard and Heloise contrasts with the fictions of courtly love.
• Medieval View of Dear: The Chain of Being and Caritas --a dissimilar accept on the topic.
• The Enduring Popularity of Ladylike Love --based on worship of the Celtic goddess.
• Did Women Accept a Renaissance? --excellent commodity on social history; see especially the long section on "Love and the Medieval Lady."
• Introduction: The Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree --expert introduction to "courtly dear" and to the major lais of Marie de French republic and others.
• The Troubadours, Part II: Ladies in Dearest --Medieval women troubadours writing on courtly beloved.
• Women�due south Work -- Trobairitz, the Get-go Female person Composers of Western Secular Music-- includes some samples of their work, including a musical recording.
• The Part of Female Troubadours and Trobairitz in the Middle Ages --female troubadours singing of courtly beloved from the female perspective.
• Chivalric Ideas of Love and Knighthood --good use of examples from the well-known Arthurian texts. Existent-life vs literary convention.
• Chivalry --rather detailed discussion of the history and development of the codes of knightly.
• Chivalry and Courtly Love --side-by-side comparing-dissimilarity of the two key terms.
• Heroes of the Middle Ages --skilful definition of epic and chivalric heroes.
• Medieval Knights--very informative essay.

More Gender/Sexuality Bug

Tournament (artist unknown)

• Introductory Lecture on Women in Arthurian Romances --good survey.
• Gender, Heterosexuality, and Life Cycles of Medieval Women --interesting educatee essay.
• Female Heterosexuality in Late Medieval Europe--links on female person sexuality problems (contraception, etc.).
• Female Heroes--Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Crusades.
• The Great Crusades: A Woman's Role --interesting essay on female person independence.
• Women Knights in the Middle Ages--interesting essay!
• The Beguines--Medieval "women's move"
• Sisters Betwixt: Gender and the Medieval Beguines--scholarly article.
  
• The Use of Courtly Linguistic communication in Le Mirouer des simples ames anienties--Babinsky's scholarly article on Porete's utilize of ladylike dearest language to describe honey of soul for God.
  
• Unhappy Choices: Factors That Contributed to the Decline and Condemnation of the Beguines --scholarly article.
• Medieval Masculinities--comparisons of the treatments of masculinity in Malory�s Morte D�Arthur, Start Knight (flick), and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (picture show).
  

Ambros [Young Merlin] Prophesies to Vortigern, 15th century.
Learn more about various Arthurian dragons

"Alas for the Red Dragon, for its end is near. Its clangorous dens
shall be occupied by the White Dragon, which stands for the
Saxons which yous have invited over. The Ruby-red Dragon represents
the people of Great britain, who will be overrun by the White One."

Young Merlin'southward get-go prophecy, to Male monarch Vortigern
 (from Geoffrey of Monmouth)

Arthurian Texts/Authors

• Full general
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Chr�tien de Troyes
• Culhwch and Olwen
• Geoffrey of Monmouth
• Lancelot-Graal Cycle
• The Mabinogian
• Sir Thomas Malory
• Marie de France
• Pa gur: Dialogue between Arthur and Glewlwyd Mighty-grasp
• Preiddeu Annwn: The Spoils of Annwn
• Sir Gawain & Green Knight
• The Triads of the Isle of Britain
• Wace, Roman de Brut
• Sir Gawain & Matriarch Ragnelle

Full general

• Camelot Project: Author Menu--many links to Arthurian texts; excellent site
  Celtic Twilight Main Page--encounter links to "verse" and "plays" and "art."
  Anthology of Middle English language Literature--Chaucer, Gawain, Malory, etc.
• A Bibliographic Guide to Welsh Arthurian Literature --guide and introduction to the medieval Welsh manuscripts apropos the Arthurian legend.
• Morgan le Fay every bit Other in English language Medieval and Modern Texts--dissertation covering ancient to mod Arthurian texts.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Alisoun, the Wife of Bath,
Ellesmere Manuscript

• Geoffrey Chaucer --excellent site; links to biography, texts, essays, and more.
• Loathly Lady--encyclopedia definition.
• The Loathly Lady--women and sovereignty tradition.
• Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale: A Study Guide --detailed discussion.
• The Worthiness of Chaucer'southward Worthy Knight --scholarly article.
• Chaucer's Knight and the Hundred Years War--scholarly article.
• Chaucer: Dearest, Sex and Union --scholarly selection from Chaucer, Langland, and the Artistic Imagination about the Wife'southward rebellion and conformism.
• The Wife of Bath and the Painting of Lions --scholarly commodity
• Chaucer the Pilgrim --Donaldson'south earlier scholarly article
• The Married woman of Bath and the Mediation of 'Privitee' --Affiliate 11 from Shoaf's scholarly volume (Dante, Chaucer, and Currency of the Discussion).
• Chaucer's Discussion of Marriage --Kittredge's archetype article on the marriage tales.
• Reading the Wife of Bath by the Light of Madonna --Hagen's unusual post-modern reading in a briefing paper.
• The Problem of Defining Sovereynetee in the "Wife of Bath's Tale" --scholarly article.
• Exploitation and Excommunication in The Wife of Bath's Tale --scholarly commodity.
• 'What Does a Woman Desire?' Embracing the Goddess in Medieval Romance--scholarly commodity.

Chr�tien de Troyes

Sir Percival and two other
knights with the Holy Grail
(Percival manuscript, 1286)

• Chr�tien de Troyes' Arthurian Romances --e-texts of Erec and Enide; Cl�ges; Yvain, or the Knight of the Lion; and Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart.
• Chr�tian de Troyes' Le Chavalier de la Charrete --helpful teacher'south notes.
• Chr�tian de Troyes' Yvain --another helpful set of instructor'southward notes.
• Research Portfolio-- detailed summary/review of three Chaucer articles, including "Love that Dares Not Speak Its Name."
• Background Data on Chr�tien'south Le Chevalier de la Charrette --scholarly introduction of the "narrative coupling" of Le Chevalier de la Charrettes (Lancelot) and Le Chevalier au King of beasts (Yvain) and on Chr�tien's dynamic apply of sources.
• The Forest of Medieval Romance --helpful review of Saunder's scholarly book; Malory, Chretien, and Marie de French republic covered.
• Background Data on Chr�tien de Troyes'due south Le Chevalier de la Charrette --excellent scholarly introduction; Chr�tien'due south revision of the Tristan tradition.
• The Anxiety of the Influence of Medieval Identity Machines --scholarly give-and-take of Yvain.
• Otherworld Intervention: The Function of the Supernatural in Geoffrey and Chr�tien-- scholarly discussion.
• The Tournament in the Romances of Chr�tien de Troyes and L'Histoire de Guillaume Le Mar�chal--scholarly paper.
• "The Horror of Culture" --scholarly post-modernistic approach to the "incest taboo" in Chr�tien's Cliges.
• The Wood of Medieval Romance --helpful review of Saunder's scholarly book; Marlory, Chretien, and Marie de France covered.
• 'A la guise de Gales l'atorna': Maternal Influence in Chr�tien's Conte du Graal --scholarly commodity.

Geoffrey of Monmouth

Arthur and His Knights Riding
(creative person unknown)

• Arthurian Passages from The Kings of Uk --very readable selections; Geoffrey'south version of the Vortigern, Uther, Arthur "history."
• The History of the Kings of Britain, Volume VII. Chapter III. The Prophecy of Merlin and BOOK VII. Chapter IV. The Continuation of the Prophecy --e-text selections from Geoffrey Of Monmouth's Historia Regum Brittaniae on Merlin'southward prophecies. Complete table of contents: Table of Contents.
• BOOK IX. CHAPTER XII. Arthur Summons a Great Many Kings, Princes, Archbisophs etc. to a Solemn Assembly at the Metropolis of Legions and Book IX. CHAPTER XIII. A Description of the Royal Pomp at the Coronation of Arthur and BOOK IX. CHAPTER XIV. Afterward a Variety of Sports at the Coronation, Arthur Handsomely Rewards his Servants--eastward-text selections from Geoffrey Of Monmouth'southward Historia Regum Brittaniae on Arthur'south Coronation. Consummate table of contents: Table of Contents.
• The Vita Merlini/Life of Merlin--e-text, translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth'south Latin text.
• Avalon from the Vita Merlini and Arthur from the Vita Merlini --e-text selections from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini.
• Geoffrey of Monmouth--biography.
• Geoffrey of Monmouth and the History of the Kings of United kingdom --detailed discussion of Geoffrey's methods and goals; some biography.
• Geoffrey of Monmouth biography; commentary; selections from his History of the Kings of Britain.
• Merlin's Prophecies--convenient summary of the development of the character of Merlin.
• Was Merlin an onetime Magician or a young Fortuneteller?--informative entry.

The Mabinogi

• The Mabinogian and Mabinogian Introduction.
• Mabinogian--introduction
• Culhwch and Olwen--e-text.
• The Arthurian Courtroom List in Culhwch and Olwen --the "court listing" convention in Culhwch and in "Spoils of Annwn."
• The Mabinogion: Culhwch and Olwen--scholarly introduction.
• Winning the Hand of the Fair Woman --Celtic goddess themes in Welsh literature, including the Mabinogian.
• Twrch Trwyth --summary of the enchanted boar'southward history in the Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen and other early on texts.
• The Hunting of Twrch Trwyth, Part I --significance of beards, barbering, and haircuts in early sociology.
• The Hunting of Twrch Trwyth, Office Ii --the theme of dignity in early Twrch folklore.
• The Hunting of Twrch Trwyth, Office Iii --interpretations of the symbolic animals.
• The Twoscore Tasks of Culhwch--background.
• Brigit the Goddess--Twrch Trwyth is associated with the Celtic/Irish goddess Brigit likewise.

Sir Thomas Malory

Knights Arriving at a Castle
(creative person unknown)

• Sir Thomas Malory --excellent links to biographies, texts, scholarly articles, Arthurian movies, and more than
• Thomas Malory and Le Morte D'Arthur and Malory's Morte D'Arthur Balin and Malory'due south Sangrail and Malory's Tale of Lancelot and Guenevere and The Expiry of King Arthur--helpful instructor notes.
• Utopic Elements of Femininity in Malory'southward Morte D'Arthur and Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon--scholarly written report.
• The Celtic Influences of Early Malory--interesting essay.
• How Sir Thomas Malory Misunderstood the Grail --well-washed student paper.
• Politics of Violence in Malory'south Treatment of Arthurian Legend --excellent essay.
• When Malory Met Arthur: Sex and Magic in King Arthur's Camelot --Grand.A. thesis.
• Malory'southward Conflicting Conceptions of Knighthood--interesting pupil newspaper.
• The Naked Truth: Why Le Morte Darthur La Beale Isode May Be Naked But Queen Gwenyvere May Non--scholarly article.
• Prophecy, Dragons and Meaning in Malory--scholarly commodity.
• Prove against Lancelot and Guinevere: Treason by Imagination --scholarly essay.
• Reading the Cheating/Treasonous Queen in Early Modern England: Malory�south Guinevere and Anne Boleyn--scholarly article.
• Treason in Arthurian Legend --the legal basis for treason past Guenivere, Lancelot, Gawain, Agravain, and Mordred in Malory and several other medieval Arthurian tales.
• The Precognition of Offense: Treason in Medieval England and Terrorism in Twenty-first Century American --scholarly article.
• The Wood of Medieval Romance --helpful review of Saunder'southward scholarly volume; Malory, Chretien, and Marie de France covered.
• Analytic Psychology Approach to the Love-Hate Relationship betwixt King Arthur and Morgan le Fay --interesting Jungian/psychoanalytic analysis.
• Malory's 'Volume of Huntynge': The Tristram Section of the 'Mort Darthur' --scholarly article.
• The Definition of Virtuous Love in Thomas Malory'southward 'Morte Darthur' --scholarly article.
• Malory's 'Book of Huntynge': The Tristram Section of the 'Mort Darthur' --scholarly commodity.
• A Rebel and a Witch: The Historical context and Ideological Function of Morgan le Fay in Malory's Morte D'Arthur--dissertation.
• Passion and Fellowship: The Development of Malory's Gawain--scholarly article.
• Fashionable Beards and Beards as Fashion: Beard Coats in Thomas Malory's Morte d�Arthur--scholarly article.

Marie de France

Tristram and Isolde (artist unknown)

• The Lais of Marie de France --e-texts of Lanval and the other Breton lais by Marie de France.
• he Lais of Marie de France Written report Guide .
• Instructor's Notes on Marie de France and Lanval --some very helpful ideas to think most.
• Written report Guide for the Lais of Marie de France --helpful.
  
• The Center English Breton Lays: General Introduction --detailed definition; scholarly article.
• Models of Knighthood in Marie de France's Lays.
• Introduction: The Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree --good introduction to "courtly beloved" and to the major lais of Marie de France and related writers.
• The Forest of Medieval Romance --helpful review of Saunder's scholarly volume; Malory, Chretien, and Marie de France covered.
• Alienation and the Otherworld in "Lanval," "Yonec," and "Guigemar" --scholarly article.
• Adultery and Kingship in Marie de France'southward Equitan --scholarly article.
• Fictions of Identity in Medieval France --scholarly book; scroll downwardly to Chapter Ane on the lais of Marie de France.
• The Werewolf as M�bius Strip, or Condign Bisclavret--scholarly discussion.
• The Making of the Man: Woman as Consummator in the Lais of Marie de France --scholarly article.
• The French Woman Writer in the Middle Ages: Staying Up Late --scholarly article on Marie de French republic establishing her authority as a woman writer.

Lancelot (creative person unknown)

• Guilty as Charged? Subjectivity and the Law in La Chanson de Roland and "Lanval" --scholarly article
• Socializing the Sorceress: The Fairy Mistress in Lanval, Le Bel Inconnu, and Partonopeu de Blois --scholarly article.

Pa gur: Dialogue between Arthur and Glewlwyd Mighty-grasp

• Arthur and the Porter [Pa gur: Dialogue between Arthur and Glewlwyd Mighty-grasp]--e-text.
• "Pa gur" and "The Spoils of Annwn": A Lecture --helpful comments.
• Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr--Glewlwyd'southward connection with the Culhwch tale.

Preiddeu Annwn: "The Spoils of Annwn"

• Preiddeu Annwn: "The Spoils of Annwn" --e-text.
• "Pa gur" and "The Spoils of Annwn": A Lecture --helpful comments.
• Preiddeu Annwfn --background and commentary on "The Spoils of Annwn."
• Annwn --definition of Celtic otherworld.
• The Arthurian Court List in Culhwch and Olwen --the "courtroom listing" convention in Culhwch and in "Spoils of Annwn."

The Green Knight Confronts
Sir Gawain (artist unknown)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight --excellent links due east-texts.
• Principal themes --summary past Classic Notes.
• Sir Gawain and the Otherworld Journey --a pagan reading of Sir Gawain.
• The Failure of Sir Gawain: Fall of the Knight--scholarly article.
• Honor and Transgression: The Poetics and Politics of Shame and Guilt in Sir Gawain and the Dark-green Knight--scholarly article.
• The Meaning and Symbolism of the Hunting Scenes in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight-- word.
• Feminine Knots and the Other Sir Gawain and the Light-green Knight--scholarly commodity.
• The "Syngne of Surfet" and the Surfeit of Signs in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight --scholarly article.
• The Verse form as Green Girdle: Commercium in Sir Gawain... --scholarly article.
• The Knuckles Of Clarence And The Earls Of March: Garter Knights And 'Sir Gawain And The Green Knight' --scholarly article.
• Rereading Gawain's Five Wits --scholarly article.
• Misconceived Misogyny: The Characterization of Sir Gawain and His Burst in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight --scholarly article.
• Sir Gawain�s Misogynist Diatribe--scholarly discussion.
• The Pentangle: Guiding Star for the Gawain-Poet --scholarly article.
• Controlling the Feminine Voice in Cleanness and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight --scholarly article.
• Bertilak Reads Brut: History and the Complications of Sexuality in Sir Gawain and the Greenish Knight --scholarly article.
• Gawain's Departure from the Peregrinatio --scholarly article.
• Gawain'south Practice Of Piety In Sir Gawain And The Dark-green Knight --scholarly article.
• Names, Reputation, and History in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight --scholarly article.
• A Re-hearing of "Sir Gawain and the Dark-green Knight" --scholarly article.
• Gawain and the godgames--scholarly article.
• The Nothing of Chivalry: Violence as Ladylike Play in the World of "Sir Gawain and the Greenish Knight" --scholarly article.
• Self-determination in the Post-vulgate "Suite du Merlin" and Malory's "Le Morte Darthur" --scholarly article.
• The Female person Spell-caster in Middle English language Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider--scholarly article.

Wace

• Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut --introduction and text.

Knights Jousting
(artist unknown)

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle

• The Wedding ceremony of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell --e-text, modern translation.
• Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell --helpful introduction.
• Loathly Lady--encyclopedia definition.
• The Loathly Lady--women and sovereignty tradition.
• The English language "Loathly Lady" Tales: Boundaries, Traditions, Motifs --book review; written report of the diverse appearances of the Loathly Lady in a number of Arthur texts.
• The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle: Introduction-- helpful introduction.
• Why Matriarch Ragnell Had To Die-- scholarly article.
• Alison�s Antithesis in The Marriage of Sir Gawain --comparison of ii different versions of the Gawain-Loathly Lady spousal relationship tale.
• `And shold have been oderwyse understond': the disenchanting of Sir Gromer Somer Joure --scholarly article.

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