Friday, September 27, 2013

BritLit1 Reading: The Book of the Order of Chivalry on the duties of knighthood

Ramon Lull (1232-1315) wrote his Book of the Order of Chivalry as a manual for knighthood. Written fairly late in the Middle Ages, this Spanish work nonetheless can be helpful in understanding earlier works of chivalric romance such as Gawain and the Green Knight.

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