Arthurian Legends

Themes in the Arthurian Legends--Choose from the following themes and use the links below or a search engine like Google to help you describe the theme, explain how it is shown in the legends, and give specific examples from the Arthurian Legends that prove it is a theme from the legends:

Equality (the Round Table)

Search for Self/Identity (Quests/Hunts)

Highest Spiritual Pursuit (the Holy Grail)

Birthright/Nobility (the Sword in the Stone)

Chivalry/Loyalty (The rules of knighthood and their loyalty to King Athur)

Love and Romance (King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot)

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Chivalry/Loyalty - Isn't Chivalry Dead? - An essay about chivalry in the modern world • Chivalry/Loyalty - Timeless Myths: Age of Chivalry- Background on the tales of King Arthur • Chivalry/Loyalty - Chivalry and the Study of Modern Medieval Martial Arts - A very strong essay on chivalry and its relation to the modern world (it's long, but well worth reading) • Chivalry/Loyalty - The Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library - Check out the list of article links to research more about chivalry. • Chivalry/Loyalty - The Code of Chivalry -http: //www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/chivalry.html • Highest Spiritual Pursuit - The Holy Grail from The Camelot Project - A rather complete description of a very important symbol • Highest Spiritual Pursuit - The Holy Grail - Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poetry depicting the spiritual quest • Birthright/Nobility- The Matter of Britain: the Story of Arthur - This selection, written by Merrie Haskell, tells the whole story of King Arthur in a brief form. • Birthright/Nobility - Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone • Birthright/Nobility - The Sword in the Stone • Search for Self/Identity - The Arthurian Hunt - The hunt as a quest for identity • Equality - The Round Table - An argument about whether the round table really symbolizes equality or not • Equality - Symbolism of King Arthur's Round Table--A discussion of how the round table is symbolic • Equality - Mystical WorldWideWeb-Arthurian A2Z--A summary of theories about the round table. • Love and Romance - On Romance - an essay about romance in King Arthur's court