Introduction: In a time of frequent violence between knights and kingdoms, there had to be an order that sword wielders could follow so that there would be no uncontrollable bloodshed. In order for there to be an established set of laws for the knights of the Anglo-Saxon era, the law of chevalries was created. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has some idea of the rules of chivalry regarding one in particular: courtly love. The rules of courtly love require wit and deception with a good intention behind it. The rules of chivalry in this aspect require good and intelligent fighting with words rather than swords. Key passage: Smiling sweetly and courteously they made playful speeches, so that all that passed between them was happiness, joy and delight. They spoke gentle words, And the pleasure reached its climax. Great danger would be threatened if Mary did not take care of her knight. For that noble lady so constantly pressed, pushed him so close to the edge, that he must either take her love then and there or rudely reject it. He felt concerned about good manners so as not to behave like a boor, and even more so so as not to be ashamed of himself with an act of sin, and treacherously betray the lord of the castle. With smothe smylyng and smolt thay smeten in merthe, That al watz blis and bonchef that breke hem bitwene, And wynne.Thay throws words enjoy, Very well then watz therinne; Gret perile bitwene hem stod, Nif Mare of his knight mynne. pris prynces depressed hym so thikke, Nurnned hym so denies the thred, who needs hym bihovedOther lach ther hir luf other lodly refuse. He took care of his cortaysye, lest he be crathayn, and more for his meschef yif he schulde make synne, and be traytor to that tolke that that telde aght.(1763-1775)Analysis:...... half of the sheet......nia, 2009. Print.Keen, Maurice. Cavalry. New Haven: Yale UP, 1984. Print.Warner, Lawrence. "Mary, Heedless of Her Knight: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Traditions of Sexual Hospitality." Studies in the Age of Chaucer 35.1 (2013): 263-87. Print.“meschef”. definitely 3. The Anglo-Norman dictionary. Aberystwyth University and Swansea University, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2006. Web. Accessed 21 April 2014.“cortaysye”. definitely 1. The Anglo-Norman dictionary. Aberystwyth University and Swansea University, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2006. Web. Accessed 21 April 2014.“pris.” definitely 1, 2, 3. The Anglo-Norman dictionary. Aberystwyth University and Swansea University, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2006. Web. Accessed 21 April 2014.
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