The Female Spell-caster in Middle English Romances: Heretical Outsider or Political Insider

Medium English women's caster: outsiders or political insiders Historically, it is difficult to define the relationship between heresy and spells. Burning may be a punishment for both crimes (especially after the 1401 law passed in Congress), but they are considered separate crimes. Of course, the romance of Britain from the 14th century to the 16th century did not clearly connect magic with heresy.

The title of the text is "King Horn", which is one of the earliest romantic stories of medieval English (unless it is the oldest Chinese and English romance), the prince Horn fell in love with a romantic It is a fairy tale. Princess, Avengers, his father died, later became king. The length of Middle English poetry is over 1,500 lines, thought to be very long from modern readers, but it is a shortened version of the original French romance. The poet is anonymous, but the sentence was written around the year 1225 AD, based on the story of Anglo-Norman of 1170 AD, "Horn and Rimenhild" ("Roman horn")

Sir Gwen and Green Knight were written by unknown writers in the 14th century These are examples of romance in China and the UK and can be integrated more into the romantic traditions of the courtroom. This is because this poem favorably supports Cavaliers' social philosophy and emphasizes this quality through poetry. King Arthur's Court is drawn as a place where lords and women live according to the laws of the Order. The perfect ideal of the spirit of the knight is reflected in the character of Sir Gawain. He gave readers a positive view on the main character of this poem and has been explained twice or more as "noble" and "good". Other knights can not accept dagger game. And it allows the reader to think Sir Gawain is the most noble court of the Arthuri dynasty. Therefore, because Sir Gawain is a noble and glorious, it is regarded as a romantic hero of a typical court.