Talk:Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur
See also[edit source]
https://quizlet.com/169468652/sir-thomas-malory-and-le-morte-darthur-freel-flash-cards/
---Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 22:21, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Words[edit source]
- • Rank - Position in society
- • Hiarchy - Powerful pyramid with king at the top
- • Medieval - Era of the middle ages
- • Courtly - Aristrocartic; relates to the court of the king (courty love is the stories of love of the knights of the round table)
- • siege - seat
- • perelous - dangerous
- • siege perelous - seat at the round table which is dangerous for everyone except Sir Galahad.
- • dolerous strike - sorrowful strike
- • dub - knight him (touch him on the shoulder and to proclaim an office by tapping him on the shoulder)
- • shivalry - code of behavior that knights must follow. comes from cheval (french: horse).
- • list - fence that seperates the jousters.
- • catapault - weapon that shoots ammunition that shoots it over a castle wall
- • humility - putting others before yourself
- • crowess - skill
- • fidelity - loyalty
- • owner of the manure = owner of the state
- • peasant that works the land -
- • paramour - lover
- • quest - adventure with a goal
- • sangriel - sainted grail (holy grail)
- • noble - honorable, have high ideas
- • lineage - family line
- • barony - land granted by the king to a baron
- • attonement - apology for sin
- • repent and penance - apologozing for sin
- • divine right - King has been chosen by God to rule
- • propoganda - promotes your nation as better in some way than it really is (tales of king arthur; they took a person that did exist but made him into a folk hero (exaggeration) to where he was so great that he rivaled Charlemaine)
- • sovereign - ruler or the rule
- • romance - tales of arthur: story of love and war
- • 1066 - 1485: Everyone spoke French since the french took over
- • Mantle: Cape/cloke; fringed mantle: King Royns (violent)
- • trubadaor - wandering poet who wrote the tales. Christen de Toi
- • languishing - becoming love-sick; unable to function becausee you are so in love with someone.
- • knight errant - knight travelling the world to do good.
- • tilt - to joust
- • charger - your horse for jousting
- • device (for knight) - shield with its symbols which holds as your identification
- • to yield - STOP; GIVE UP
- • postern – a gate entrance
- • brachet – hunting dog
- • coppice – grove of small trees
- • arms (or coat of arms) – shield with the symbols on it which are the family crests
- • courtesy – nice behavior with exaggerated politeness, especially to women.
- • Hermit – holy man who lives alone
- • Priory – religious house
- • Page – young boy who apprentices in order to become a knight. He starts at the age of 7.
- • Squire – Next stage in knighthood; order apprentice who serves the knight; in teenage years.
- • hawking (and falconry) – hunting with hawks
- • service – key part of the chivalry code.
- • wasteland (and laying waste) – Land destroyed and infertile
- • rituals of etiquette – An exchange of tokens and gifts, service to women and extreme loyalty
- • enchantress – female enchanter
- • temptress – woman who tempts a knight sworn to another lady.
- • old crone – old hag who is wise and crafty
- • pawn – manipulated woman
- • May-December marriage – old man married to a very young woman
- • Barbaric - violent
- • Prescient – knowing the future
- • legendary hero – hero that is exaggerated over time
- • mortally wounded – the wound will cause death
- • providence – in the protective care of God or a spiritual entity.
- • Convention – the way things are done that would be expected by an audience.
- • Magna Carta – Actual document in 1215 limiting the power of King (King John)
- • allusions—there are 5 you will need to know in this class
- o biblical (tons in the tales of King Arthur)
- o historical
- o mythological
- o literary
- o popular culture
- • embowered woman – Lady of Shalott; Isolated and parted from world’s experience and is waiting for a man to give her life meaning.
- • Destiny - Fate
- • Scabbard – Holder for a sword
- • codified laws – Rules of a code that are accepted by a country as laws.
- • unrequited love- love that is not returned
- • mail- worn under the armor because a sword cannot penetrate it.
- • Usurper—taking power without the right
The Writing of the Table[edit source]
The writing of the table
1. Show ideal Kingship and law of country -- King/Country
2. Gives model for behavior and manners (selfless) – Code of Chivalry
3. Moral tie in for the Church (a lot of biblical symbolism); moral idea of perfection. The model of perfection for the Church was Jesus Christ.
A lot of people are asking for forgiveness so that they can go to heaven instead of going to Hell.
The 100 years’ war caused him to go from knighthood to prison. “Please pray for my soul” is asked by him to the readers. He wants to retain the model of knighthood in its glory, so that is why he made this although knighthood was gone by 1485.
The treatment of women: Causes? Implications of the way women were created? From Mallory (Queen Gwynevere being duped) to Tennyson (woman on throne). See also the Code of Chivalry: a moral guide on how to behave.
Remember Magna Carta; several people can put their input in decisions (barons for King John in Magna Carta). See the Round Table.