Medieval Society

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Medieval Society

• Feudalism
• Influence of the Church
• Catholic Church had the most influence
• power

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Medieval Romance

• Courtly Love
• Code of behavior between men and women
• Rules of love

• Chivalry - Standards of a knight
• Honor
• Success in battle
• Each battle was a test of a knights virtue
• Follow the letter of the law

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

• Why were they celebrating? Significance?
• Why were the seating arrangements on the däis
  important?
• What is important about the Green Knights
  appearance?
• Why did Gawain accept the challenge?

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Part 2 summaryLeave space after each one of
these for notes

• The year passes
• Gawain gets his armor
• Arrived at a strange castle
• The host asks Gawain to make a promise

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The Year Passes

• Archetypes?

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Gawain gets his armor

• Archetypes
• Gold armor
• The shield bore the pentangle
• The endless knot five points

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The five 5s

• Faultless in his five senses
• Five finger never failed him
• Faith in the five wounds of Christ
• Courage from the five joys of Mary
• Five virtues of a knight
• Bounty, brotherhood, courtesy, clean heart, and
  compassion

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Gawain approaches a castle

• Who is Gringolet?
• Why was Gawain worried?
• p. 16 I beseech thee

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Compare/Contrast entrances
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The hosts

• The Lord
• The Ladies

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What did the Lord ask of Gawain?
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Part III

• What do hunting, kissing, and a scarf have in
  common?
• Track the story using the following chart

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Lord goes hunting
Lord ..
Gawain
Gawain stays
Gawain
Lady stays
Lady
Lord goes hunting
Lord ..
Gawain
Gawain stays
Gawain
Lady stays
Lady
Lord goes hunting
Lord ..
Gawain
Gawain stays
Gawain
Lady stays
Lady
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