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Form

Keywords

Accused Queen

Animal

Bedchamber

Cannibalism

Conquest

Conversion

Crusade

Disease

Disguise

Dreams

Education

Ekphrasis

Exile

Familial Discord

Forest

Foundlings

Friendship

Garden

Heraldry

Hunting

Incest

Jerusalem

Marriage

Merchants

Military Combat

Mistaken Identity

Monster

Multiple Births

Other-world

Penance

Pilgrimage

Quest

Rape

Religious Figures

Religious Spaces

Rome

Sacrament

Saracen

Secular Spaces

Sexual Encounters

Siege

Steward

Supernatural

The Orient

The Third Estate

Tokens of Recognition

Tournament

Travel

Treachery

Urban Spaces

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Romances Manuscripts

Arthur

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Conquest, Dreams, Familial Discord, Friendship, Marriage, Military Combat, Penance, Quest, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Steward, Travel, Treachery

Awntyrs off Arthure

Late fourteenth century

Form: Alliterative stanzas (bob and wheel)

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Conquest, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Other-world, Penance, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Supernatural, Tournament, Treachery

Cheuelere Assigne

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Accused Queen, Animal, Education, Familial Discord, Forest, Foundlings, Heraldry, Marriage, Multiple Births, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Treachery

Eger and Grime

c. 1450

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Crusade, Disguise, Friendship, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Travel

Gamelyn

c. 1350-70

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Disguise, Education, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Friendship, Garden, Marriage, Merchants, Quest, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, The Orient, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Travel

Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Foundlings, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Quest, Rape, Rome, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

Greene Knight

c.1500

Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Monster, Quest, Religious Figures, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, The Orient, Tournament

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

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

Le Bone Florence of Rome

Late fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Conquest, Dreams, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Friendship, Heraldry, Marriage, Military Combat, Monster, Quest, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery

Lyfe of Ipomydon

Fifteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Disguise, Forest, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Penance, Quest, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery

Octavian

c. 1350

Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Education, Ekphrasis, Forest, Foundlings, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Quest, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Steward, The Third Estate, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Otuel a Knight

before 1330

Form: Rhyming couplets

Conquest, Disguise, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Other-world, Quest, Rape, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Romans of Partenay

c. 1500

Form: Seven-line rhyme royal stanzas

Bedchamber, Disguise, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Monster, Quest, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural

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

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 Degrevant

Between 1385 and 1410

Form: Sixteen-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Disguise, Exile, Forest, Friendship, Marriage, Merchants, Quest, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Tournament, Travel, Urban Spaces

Sir Eglamour of Artois

c. 1350

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Education, Forest, Foundlings, Heraldry, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Late fourteenth century

Form: Alliterative stanzas (bob and wheel)

Animal, Bedchamber, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Heraldry, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, 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

Sir Tristrem

Late thirteenth century

Form: Eleven-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Crusade, Disguise, Education, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Urban Spaces

Sir Tryamour

End of the fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Crusade, Exile, Forest, Foundlings, Marriage, Monster, Multiple Births, Quest, Religious Figures, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, 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

Turke and Sir Gawain

c. 1500

Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Conversion, Disguise, Friendship, Monster, Other-world, Quest, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Travel

Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle

c. 1450

Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Bedchamber, Disguise, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Monster, Quest, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural

Ywain and Gawain

First half of the fourteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Disguise, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Monster, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Treachery

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