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The Green Knight's challenge reaches its first astonishing turn when, after the blow at Arthur's court, the visitor retrieves his severed head and reminds Gawain of the promised return encounter.
Open archive record →While the lord of the castle goes hunting, his wife visits Gawain and tests the boundaries of his courtesy. The exchanges take place across three days and are closely linked t
Open archive record →The Green Knight arrives at Arthur's court carrying an axe, an object that makes his challenge impossible to mistake for ordinary courtly entertainment. In Sir Gawain and the
Open archive record →The deer, boar and fox hunts as a structured sequence in the Middle English Gawain romance.
Open archive record →A medieval literary bargain at the heart of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Open archive record →The green girdle in the medieval Gawain poem, and its changing meaning from private concealment to a shared emblem.
Open archive record →The Pentangle on Gawain's Shield in the historical record and folklore.
Open archive record →The Beheading Game as a Medieval Romance Motif in the historical record and folklore.
Open archive record →The Green Chapel in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in British folklore and historical tradition.
Open archive record →The Green Knight's Challenge at Arthur's Court in British folklore and historical tradition.
Open archive record →Later Arthurian tradition does not always end with an ordinary royal death. After the catastrophe at Camlann, Arthur passes towards Avalon, leaving open the possibility that his departure is not final and that the…
Open archive record →Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, composed in the fifteenth century and printed by William Caxton in 1485, gathered a wide range of Arthurian material into one of the tradition’s most influential English forms.…
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