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monk and historian, history of English people

poetic codices

1. Exeter Book – contains The Wanderer (elegies) 2. Vercelli Book – contains The Dream of the Rood (religious) 3. Cotton Vitellius – contains Beowulf (monster tales)

frame strcture

A narrative within a narrative

Thane

Warrior loyal to a lord

Wyrd

Blind fate, fortune, inevitable pattern of things

Initiation-Katabasis-Apotheosis

A heroic pattern (three major fights the hero must fight)

Chrétien de Troyes

French writer who shaped Arthurian romance

Pentangle

Symbol on Gawain’s shield. Represents five virtues of an ideal Christian knight: charity(love), loyalty(friendship), purity(chastity), courtesy, compassion.

Descent–ascent pattern

a soul's journey from earthly pride (the descent) through despair and confession to salvation (the ascent).

Virtù

Renaissance ideal of excellence and self-fashioning. Cnota.