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Alliterative Morte Arthure

c. 1400

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Cannibalism, Conquest, Disguise, Dreams, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Incest, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Apollonius of Tyre

1376-81

Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Mistaken Identity, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, The Third Estate, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Bevis of Hampton

c. 1300

Form: Rhyming couplets, Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Conversion, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Jerusalem, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Multiple Births, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, The Third Estate, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Capystranus

1456-1515

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Heraldry, Military Combat, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Urban Spaces

Guy of Warwick

c.1300

Form: Rhyming couplets, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Conquest, Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Forest, Friendship, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Treachery

Havelok the Dane

End of the thirteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Hunting, Jerusalem, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Other-world, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Horn Childe & Maiden Rimnild

c. 1320

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Friendship, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

King Horn

Last part of the thirteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Conquest, Conversion, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Foundlings, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

Knight of Curtesy and the Fair Lady of Faguell

Late fourteenth century

Form: Four-line stanzas (quatrains)

Animal, Bedchamber, Disguise, Friendship, Monster, Other-world, Pilgrimage, Quest, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Travel

Merlin

1420s

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Disease, Disguise, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Heraldry, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Pilgrimage, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Otuel and Roland

c. 1330

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Animal, Bedchamber, Conversion, Disguise, Exile, Forest, Foundlings, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Multiple Births, Pilgrimage, Religious Spaces, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, The Third Estate, Urban Spaces

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Crusade, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Monster, Other-world, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient, Travel, Treachery

Siege of Jerusalem

Late fourteenth century

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Animal, Bedchamber, Cannibalism, Conquest, Conversion, Crusade, Disguise, Friendship, Heraldry, Jerusalem, Military Combat, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Sir Amadace

Late fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Conversion, Crusade, Friendship, Jerusalem, Military Combat, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Sir Cleges

Late fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Cannibalism, Conquest, Conversion, Disease, Ekphrasis, Hunting, Jerusalem, Military Combat, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Sir Isumbras

Before 1320

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Disguise, Ekphrasis, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Monster, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Treachery

Sir Launfal

Late fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Conversion, Disguise, Exile, Forest, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Spaces, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Travel

Song of Roland

c. 1400

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Disease, Disguise, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Quest, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Treachery

Squire of Low Degree (Undo Your Door)

?1520

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Crusade, Disguise, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Travel, Treachery

Titus and Vespasian

1375-1400

Form: Rhyming couplets

Cannibalism, Conquest, Conversion, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Foundlings, Friendship, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces