1. Please Do Now
Suppose you hear someone say, “The student-council president should be a person of honor.” What qualities or ideals come to mind?

2. Create a word web, jotting down words or
phrases that you think describe an
honorable person.

3. Adventure
Medieval aristocrats relished tales of _________________________, especially those of brave knights.

4. Chivalry
Although real knights were far from perfect, legendary knights obeyed a code of _____________________, a set of rules for gentlemanly behavior.

5. Faith, modesty, loyalty, courtesy, bravery, and honor
Their code represented both Christian and military ideals, including:

6. King Arthur, Round Table
Especially popular during the medieval period were the legends of ______________________________ and his heroic knights of the _______________________________.

7. Idealized world
The popularity of the tales was due in part to the __________________________ in which they were set.

8. Castles, heroes, courtly love, and magical spells
It was a world of

9. plagues, political battles, and civil unrest.
a world quite unlike the real medieval England, with its

10. Launcelot, Gawain
Although ________________ was often presented as the greatest of Arthur’s knights, in early tales that role was given to Arthur’s nephew _____________, who was famous for his courage and chivalry.

11. LITERARY TERM
DEFINITION
CHARACTERISTICS
ROMANCE
 any imaginative adventure concerned with noble heroes, gallant love, a chivalric code of honor, and daring deeds.
 faraway settings
Depict events unlike those of ordinary life
Idealize their heroes
Idealize the eras in which the heroes lived
Lighthearted in tone
Involve fantasy