Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance poem that tells the story of King Arthur’s knight Sir Gawain and his beheading game encounter with the mysterious Green Knight.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance
Middle English literature work
chivalric romance
poem
adaptedAs films
modern novels
stage plays
author Gawain Poet
linked to: The Gawain Poet

Pearl Poet
linked to: The Gawain Poet

unknown
centralMotif beheading game
exchange of winnings
centralTheme Christian morality
chivalry
honor
human fallibility
temptation
countryOfOrigin England
dateWritten late 14th century
featuresCharacter Bertilak de Hautdesert
King Arthur
Lady Bertilak
Morgan le Fay
Queen Guinevere
form alliterative long line
bob and wheel
genre Arthurian literature
alliterative verse
chivalric romance
includedWith Cleanness
Patience
Pearl
literaryMovement Alliterative Revival
literaryPeriod Late Middle Ages
mainCharacter Green Knight
Sir Gawain
linked to: Gawain
manuscript Cotton Nero A.x
manuscriptLocation British Library
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Middle English
partOf Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection
protagonistAffiliation Knights of the Round Table
linked to: King Arthur's court
protagonistVirtue courtesy
loyalty
setting Hautdesert
King Arthur's court at Camelot
linked to: King Arthur's court
structure four fitts
symbol green color
green girdle
pentangle on Gawain's shield

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Middle English hasNotableWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Gawain Poet notableWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Gawain appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Gawain questIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Gawain centralThemeIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Green Knight appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Queen Guinevere appearsIn Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Bertilak de Hautdesert appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Lady Bertilak appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Cotton Nero A.x containsWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection containsWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Pearl (poem) writtenInSameManuscriptAs Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
subject linked to: Pearl
Patience containedWith Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Patience relatedWorkByAuthor Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Cleanness foundInCodexWith Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Alliterative Revival producedWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Hautdesert appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Hautdesert sceneOf Gawain’s temptation by Lady Bertilak
linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Hautdesert firstAppearance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Northwest Midlands of England dialectPreservedIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Northwest Midlands of England associatedWithWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Matter of Britain hasRelatedWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
pentangle appearsInWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Walwen notableWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Green Chapel appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Green Chapel partOfWork Middle English alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Lord of Hautdesert appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Bertilak's castle appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Bertilak's castle firstDescribedIn 14th-century Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Purity associatedWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Cotton Library containsWork Sir Gawain and the Green Knight manuscript
linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Robert Cotton notableItemInCollection Sir Gawain and the Green Knight manuscript
linked to: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Lord Bertilak appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight