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Titles and plot summaries

Form

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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Alliterative Morte Arthure

c. 1400

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Cannibalism, Conquest, Disguise, Dreams, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Incest, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Apollonius of Tyre

1376-81

Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Mistaken Identity, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, The Third Estate, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

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

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

Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild

c. 1320

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Friendship, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Libeaus Desconus

c. 1325-50

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Bedchamber, Education, Familial Discord, Foundlings, Incest, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Multiple Births, Penance, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters

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 a Knight

before 1330

Form: Rhyming couplets

Conquest, Disguise, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Other-world, Quest, Rape, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Crusade, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Monster, Other-world, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient, Travel, Treachery

Sir Eglamour of Artois

c. 1350

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Education, Forest, Foundlings, Heraldry, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Late fourteenth century

Form: Alliterative stanzas (bob and wheel)

Animal, Bedchamber, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Heraldry, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Urban Spaces

Titus and Vespasian

1375-1400

Form: Rhyming couplets

Cannibalism, Conquest, Conversion, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Foundlings, Friendship, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

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