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Written in Old English about 1100 A.D., Beowulf describes the adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. Please enjoy our adaptation from the Old English version by Dr. David Breeden.

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A Short History of Arthurian Archaeology by Michelle L. Biehl Written for Archaeology of Europe, University of Minnesota, 1991 Introduction: Arthur And at the feast of Pentacost all manner of men assayed to pull at the sword that wold assay, but none might prevail but Arthur, and he pulled it afore all the lords and commons that were there, wherefore all the commons cried at once, 'We will have ...

Dante, Chaucer, and the Currency of the Word: Money, Images, and Reference in Late Medieval Poetry R. A. Shoaf Copyright and Published 1983 (Pilgrim Books): Postprint 1995. This version copyright R. A. Shoaf: may be read or copied without prior permission for any noncommercial use. Quotation and citation permitted with attribution. (NB: Links will be added regularly; hence it will be better ...

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GRENDEL'S MOTHER'S ATTACK!!!!!! Click to see actual home page Beowulf is the epic story of a young hero who battles the monster Grendel and his mother. Beowulf, a prince of the Geats, the son of Ecgtheow who voyages to Heorot, the hall of Hrothgar, king of the Danes and the great grandson of the hero Scyld Scefing. There at Heorot, Beowulf destroys the monster Grendel, who for twelve years has ...

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Dante's Divine Comedy This page is devoted to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy : Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It contains a map of Hell, my drawing of Hell, a better map of Hell, a map of Purgatory, and a map of Heaven; information and outlines, and selected stories. The Comedy iteself: Written by Dante Alighieri in 1306 - 21. The time setting when the book begins is in 1300, so he uses his ...

Chronology of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) 1265 - Dante is born, probably May 29, under the sign of Gemini. 1274 - First meets, and falls in love with Beatrice Portinari, according to the Vita nuova. 1283 - Dante's father dies. He is married shortly thereafter to Gemma Donati, with whom he has four children (Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni and Antonia). 1289 - Participates as a cavalryman in the battle ...

THE GEOFFREY CHAUCER PAGE Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Giovanni Boccaccio is, with the older Dante and the contemporary Francis Petrarch, one of the three great poets of the Italian fourteenth century. Chaucer knew the works of all three, and it has been speculated that he may even have met both Petrarch and Boccaccio (but see below). Of the three, Boccaccio was the one on whom Chaucer drew ...

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WELCOME TO THE SIR GAWAIN ROOM An anonymous contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the 14th century. It was written in a Northern dialect and uses alliteration similar to the Anglo-Saxon form of poetry. Alliteration is characterized by the repetition of consonants and a sharp rhyme at the end of each section. The story begins as King Arthur's court celebrates ...

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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron was written in 1350 in the Tuscan dialect of Italian. This translation is dated 16 and is by . Instructor's note:If you know the translator and the date, please let me know at elknox@topgun.idbsu.edu. I got this copy off the net, but I don't recollect the site. Induction Book One, Day One ...

King Arthur's Legends King Arthur is one of the most familiar figures of Western lore to ever exist. Literature, art, stage, and screen have all paid tribute to this mysterious figure seen as the saviour-king of Britain. Many historians believe that Arthur very likely did exist, if not quite as the romantic hero he has become. Since many of the early Dark Age heroes were real men upon whom ...

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Sir Gawain The Green Knight - and the Otherworld Journey. By Rowan (Originally published at Samhain 1995) Gather a handful of pagans or storytellers round a hearth around Yule and thoughts are likely to turn to that most enigmatic and powerful of initiatory myths - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, linking as it does a story of the Yule season with the characters of Arthurs court in a story of ...