Thursday, September 5, 2013
Group 3: Chivalry
In the story of Morte Darthur, one character shows a great deal of respect towards the women of his time: also known as chivalry which we spent a great deal of time talking about in class. Sir Gawain says, "All these ladies for whom I have foughten for when I was man living. And all these are tho that I did battle for in righteous quarrels, and God hath given them that grace, at their great player, because I did battle for them for their right..." Sir Gawain is fighting for women and this shows that he is a very respectful and chivalrous knight of King Arthur. The King also shows his love for the queen, "with you well, my heart was never so heavy as it is now. And much more I am sorrier for my good knights' loss than for the loss of my fair queen." The kind is mourning over the loss of the queen, and you can tell that he loved her very much. Women were important and respected, but why did men and women never use the concept of actually getting married? Was it only acceptable for a king and queen to be married?
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Emily, I think that this is a great blog. Chivalry was very important during this era and was definitely displayed by knights. I think it was mostly the knights that were supposed to have the idea that women were unattainable and it was more common for men and women of lower status to get married. Perhaps the knights were encouraged to refrain from marriage so they could continue to defend women and live for their king. I don't think that it was only acceptable for a king and queen to be married because common people were also married at this time. Those are really good questions though, and I hadn't really thought about that until reading your blog!
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