General

http://www.englishare.net/Brit%20Lit%20I/BL1--Lesson%2006.htm

good for The Romance, historical context and Celtic mythology

http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/englit_1/gawainsum.htm

discussion from Taiwan University; covers The Romance, Celtic influences, chivalry,

pagan influence and symbols

http://arthurianadventure.com/sir_gawain.htm

many topics – not the most scholarly site

Chivalry (and Courtly Love)

http://www.dbu.edu/mitchell/chivalry.htm

Overview of Chivalry and Courtly Love from Dallas Baptist University

http://www.medieval-life.net/romance_main.htm

Includes Chivalry, The Romance, and Courtly Love

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761576241/Chivalry.html

Encarta. Basic, but good overview of Chivalry

http://www.umich.edu/~marcons/Crusades/topics/chivalry/chivalry-article.html

Ideals and realities of chivalry and the true life of a knight

http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:cu3RZghTtOgJ:www.westga.edu/~gfraser/Gawain%2520Study%2520Guide.doc+troubadours+Gawain&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Professor from U of West Georgia's study guide with good background info on Chivalry, Courtly Love and Gawain as hero

The Romance &Courtly Love

http://archive.operainfo.org/broadcast/operaBackground.cgi?id=96&language=1#love

Metropolitan Opera: only the first paragraph is applicable, but a great summary of “Courtly Love”

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl513/courtly/courtly.htm

*An overview provided by a professor at Cal Polytech

http://condor.depaul.edu/~dsimpson/tlove/courtlylove.html

*Another overview provided by a professor at DePaul

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medheroes.htm

Epic v. Romantic Heroes

http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/andreas/de_amore.html

*Primary source from "A Treatise on Courtly Love"

scroll down to see “Rules of Love”

King Arthur in Legend and History

http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html

Arthur the King, the myth, links to many other pages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/arthur_01.shtml

King Arthur

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurfaq1.html

comparison of Arthur in history and legend

http://www.ped.muni.cz/weng/outline_of_english_fiction/part2.html

timeline of British history and English literature

Paganism to Christianity

http://www.britannia.com/church/bond1.html

Paganism and Christianity in early England

http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/Kristen_McDermott/ENG235/EM_calendar.htm

description of Pagan festivals – note those that have transitioned to Christian

http://users.drew.edu/bmccormi/fys.htm

intermixing of Celtic Paganism and Christianity; the Celtic great goddess

http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/bible/ma.html

Rise of Western Church

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/religion/index.htm

Medieval religion; links to Origins of Christian Roman Empire;

Links to Crusades.

Pentangle/ Pentagram

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_pent.htm

From a group that supports tolerance of all religions: the neopagan roots of the Pentangle

http://www.quicksilvermint.com/medallions/pages/celtic-pentagram.htm

discussion of Celtic symbol from pagan religion – sellers of jewelry

http://www.angelfire.com/id/robpurvis/pentagram.html

pentagram in christianity

http://www.indopedia.org/Pentacle.html

history, mathematical and historical significance – content from Wikipedia

Celtic mythology vs Christianity in SGGK

http://www.chaffeybreeze.com/2.2121/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-1.152216

an award-winning university student essay

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Arthuria.html

Middle Ages History

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/overview_middleages_01.shtml

from the BBC- an overview of the Middle Ages – note chapters on left of article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/

Middle Ages timeline, history, monarchs

http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon32.html

reign of Edward III

http://www.britannia.com/history/articles/garter.html

Edward III and The Order of the Garter

Middle English and SGGK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_ages_english.shtml

from the BBC – an interactive timeline on the history of English

http://www.uta.edu/english/tim/courses/4301w00/mehist.html

history of Middle English

http://acunix.wheatonma.edu/mdrout/GrammarBook2005/HistoryOfOE.html

http://www.csun.edu/~sk36711/WWW/Common%20Files/megrammar.pdf

discussion of change from old to Middle English, words, grammar, dialect

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Gawain

http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/iacd_99F/medieval_lit/sirgawain/analysis.html#B.%20Pentangle%20and%20Virgin

Gawain and Beowulf – includes Pentangle

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gawain.htm

Volunteer site, but granted many awards, including one from BBC, for best student website.

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/mainmenu.htm

Part of a project called “Camelot Project”.

Choose name and then from main page, click on:

*Background

*Modern Text

*Images (variety of great images)

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/teams/genint.htm

very scholarly treatment

http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/hunt/gawain.html

Student produced site with professorial editing.

http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs4a/gawain.htm

Gawain and the Pentangle

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