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The Significance of the Arthurian Legend

In eight pages this research paper discusses the impact upon the Arthurian legend upon medieval literature and includes The Weddin...

Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale' and the Film Adaptation

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the Medieval story with the film version. There are 2 bibliographic sources that are cit...

Women's Sexual and Social Roles in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' and The Book of Margery Kempe

the individual characters of the story within the stories he was telling. In fact, Chaucer himself was a prime example of what was...

Internet Medieval History Websites Compared

specific. For instance, theres a link to Malaspina Universitys "Medieval Music before 1450" page. There are links to pages specia...

Medieval Poets on Love

wide range of emotions. Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder (1503-1542), was a pioneer of the English sonnet, which was a variation of th...

Theme of Nature The Canterbury Tales and Beowulf

understanding the deeper connections and interpretations of the characters who populate Chaucers work. Those deeper connections cl...

Comparing Translations of Beowulf

In six pages this paper compares Seamus Heaney's and Lucien Dean Pearson's translations of the Medieval epic tale. There are thre...

The Quest of the Holy Grail Analyzed

In a paper consisting of eight pages the Grail's significance is defined along with the legends that surround it in an interpretat...

Chivalry, the Heroic Conflict, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

In five pages this paper discusses the chivalric code and heroic conflicts within the context of this epic Medieval poem. Three o...

Ancient Greece and Medieval Societies Compared

In five pages Ancient Greek society is compared with the Medieval society represented in the epic 'Beowulf' in terms of citizen ex...

Hamlet is Not the Medieval 2 Dimensional Hero

In five pages this paper considers the tragedy of Hamlet not representing the two dimensions of Medieval heroes who act out of bli...

The Lais by Marie de France

to aristocratic women, or it may have been included simply as a necessary literary device that aided Marie in recounting the condi...

'Man of Law's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this research pape considers the era of Geoffrey Chaucer and Medieval literary customs in this comparative examinati...

The Song of Roland and Its Interpretation

In nine pages this paper analyzes this Medieval literary work in a consideration of plot, characters, and message. There are no o...

Guilds of Medieval Europe and Their Power

In five pages this paper examines the socioeconomic power wielded by guilds in Medieval Europe. Four sources are cited in the bib...

A Review of The Ties That Bound

This eight page paper reviews the book by Barbara Hanawalt. The focus is human interaction in English medieval times. Primary so...

Color Green in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'

In twn pages this paper discusses the symbolic significance of references to the color green in the Medieval epic 'Sir Gawain and ...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Color Green

In two pages this paper examines what the color green means in this Medieval tale. There are no other sources listed....

Marriage Medieval Style in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

In five pages this paper compares how medieval marriage and women's roles were depicted in 'The Nun's Tale,' 'The Wife of Bath's T...

Medieval Russia and Bubonic Plague

In eight pages Medieval Russia is examined within the context of the bubonic plague's causes and effects. Six sources are cited i...

'Gilgamesh,' 'Beowulf,' and Leadership

In 5 pages the leadership concept is examined within the context of these 2 Medieval stories. There are no other sources listed....

'The Wife of Bath's Tale' by Geoffrey Chaucer

In a paper consisting of seven pages Medieval society is considered in terms of the consequences regarding to 'what women want' wi...

Mosaics of the Middle AGes

illiterate public, this information was scrupulously made visible on walls or the ceilings of sanctuary buildings. One spectacu...

Medieval History Bias

In a paper consisting of 8 page the influence of bias in Medieval history telling is considered along with the ways in which histo...

Beowulf and a Contrast of Battles with Grendel, Grendel's Mother, and the Dragon

to his mother, he has been depicted as a solitary creature, not unlike the hombres in Sergio Leones "spaghetti" Westerns, who walk...

Decline of the Dark Ages

In five pages this paper discusses the Medieval civilization's end from the perspectives of 2 important religious leaders. Three ...

Judaizers and Khazars

Wilson (1992), the existence of Judaizers or "those that entice Christian Gentiles to the Judaist religion" was problematic in ear...

Medieval Peasantry and Nobility

In five pages this paper examines Medieval Europe in a consideration of noble and peasant lives. Five sources are cited in the bi...

Judaism During the Middle Ages

stereotype) of Jews throughout history reveals that while the Jewish people inhabit all socioeconomic levels, they tend to be succ...

Medieval Morality Play Mankind

Mischief to be the "Steward of the Manor" (Line 663), and then the court calls Mankind. New-Gyse, another character, orders Mank...