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Keywords

Accused Queen

Animal

Bedchamber

Cannibalism

Conquest

Conversion

Crusade

Disease

Disguise

Dreams

Education

Ekphrasis

Exile

Familial Discord

Forest

Foundlings

Friendship

Garden

Heraldry

Hunting

Incest

Jerusalem

Marriage

Merchants

Military Combat

Mistaken Identity

Monster

Multiple Births

Other-world

Penance

Pilgrimage

Quest

Rape

Religious Figures

Religious Spaces

Rome

Sacrament

Saracen

Secular Spaces

Sexual Encounters

Siege

Steward

Supernatural

The Orient

The Third Estate

Tokens of Recognition

Tournament

Travel

Treachery

Urban Spaces

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Romances Manuscripts

Arthur

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Conquest, Dreams, Familial Discord, Friendship, Marriage, Military Combat, Penance, Quest, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Steward, Travel, Treachery

Awntyrs off Arthure

Late fourteenth century

Form: Alliterative stanzas (bob and wheel)

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Conquest, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Other-world, Penance, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Supernatural, Tournament, Treachery

Cheuelere Assigne

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Accused Queen, Animal, Education, Familial Discord, Forest, Foundlings, Heraldry, Marriage, Multiple Births, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Treachery

Emaré

Late fourteenth-century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Monster, Penance, Rome, Steward, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

Erle of Tolous

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Disguise, Dreams, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Tokens of Recognition, Treachery

King of Tars

Early fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Education, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Marriage, Military Combat, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient

Lay le Freine

Early fourteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Cannibalism, Crusade, Familial Discord, Friendship, Garden, Marriage, Military Combat, Monster, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

Merlin

1420s

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Disease, Disguise, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Heraldry, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Pilgrimage, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Otuel and Roland

c. 1330

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Animal, Bedchamber, Conversion, Disguise, Exile, Forest, Foundlings, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Multiple Births, Pilgrimage, Religious Spaces, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, The Third Estate, Urban Spaces

Sir Orfeo

Late thirteenth or early fourteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Marriage, Other-world, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Sir Percevale of Galles

First half of the fourteenth century

Form: Sixteen-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Marriage, Other-world, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Tournament, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Song of Roland

c. 1400

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Disease, Disguise, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Quest, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Treachery

Stanzaic Morte Arthur

c. 1350

Form: Eight-line stanzas

Accused Queen, Animal, Exile, Forest, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Rape, Siege, Steward, Tournament, Travel, Treachery

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