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Unit 13 Online Resources
Consult the following Internet
web pages for insightful background and text orientations, socio/historical
context statements, critical commentary, and author biographies:
General
A
Code of Chivalry
A list and
explanation of virtues associated with chivalry
The
Oath of Chivalry in Book III, Malory
Textual interpretations
of the Chivalric Code introduced in Morte Darhur
The
Chivalric Code and the Courtly Love Tradition
A catalog of
medieval European concepts of the ideas of chivalry and courtly love
Backgrounds
to Romance: Courtly Love
A historical
account of the courtly love tradition and speculations on its social significance
to medieval communities
Arthur
on the Internet
Links to various
sites related to the Arthurian legends
Chivalric
Idealism
The site includes
links to medieval primary sources
The Song of
Roland
The
Song of Roland
Electronic
text of the 1919 translation of this 11th-century French epic
Internet
Medieval Source Book
An online resource of background
information and complete e-texts of major European medieval works and their
authors
Legends:
Paladins and Princes: The Song of Roland
A brief introduction with
links to other sites related to medieval knighthood and King Charlemagne
and his exploits
Morte Darthur
Le
Morte d'Arthur
The complete electronic texts
of the 15th-century saga
Le
Morte d'Arthur: A Review by William Thompson
This brief review places
the work in a broad historical perspective of fantasy literature
Bullfinch's
Mythology: The Age of Chivalry, or the Legends of King Arthur
E-texts from Thomas Bullfinch's
retelling of the Arthurian cycle of tales
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