Morte Darthur

Morte Darthur revolved around the Arthurian mode which had a lot of chivalry involved. The concept of chivalry is introduced in the very beginning stating, "May a great anger and unhap that stinted not till the flower of chivalry and of all the world was destroyed and stain". (329) Thus right from the start it is clear there is about to be a huge conflict dealing with the chivalric code. While last class we learned that knights often broke this crucial code in the Arthurian time it is no surprise that knights are involved in the plot. Hence, the plot arises immediately when the it becomes clear that Sir Agravain and Sir Mordred have hatred for the queen, Dame Guinevere and Sir Lancelot, but then comes to focus mainly on the conflict between Sir Lancelot and how he must be punished. While Sir Agravain and Sir Mordred share how they fee toward Sir Lancelot for the betrayal to the King sir Gawain tells the knights, how they must remember how often times Sir Lancelot was better than us when he rescued others including the king. (330) It becomes clear that the chivorlic code was not agreed upon which leads to further conflict and disagreement. Therefore I would like to introduce the question of how the chivalric code was tied to punishment, and how the punishment for degrading the code was determined? While in the plot it seems very urgent that Sir Lancelot must be punished for his wrong doing the text never shows us as the reader how that decision was formed. My other question is was the chivalric code strictly for knights or did it fall upon women in that time period also?