The summer seems a long time ago now, but from those balmy months here comes the final – for now – vlog. Here I’m making medieval almond pastries; you can find the original post and recipe here.
Tag: Sir Gawain
Festivities at the Medieval Court
As I promised in my last post, this post is going to be dedicated to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a late 14th century chivalric romance. Written by an unknown author, the poem is thought to originate from the North East (the dialect of Middle English used suggests an author from Lancashire, Staffordshire or Cheshire). It is written in alliterative verse, with words in the same poetic line repeatedly beginning with the same consonant sound, a type of poetry that seems to have originated in Germany in 4th century BC. Anglo-Saxon poetry, including Beowulf which I wrote about in this post, was also frequently alliterative.
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