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Women's view of Chivalry in King Arthur's Court

King Arthur's court is often presented as home to noble knights; however it may also be found that opposing views exist of how Knights of the Roundtable carried themselves, such as presented in Marie de France's Lanval and Chaucer's Wife of Bath, where one knight is being mistreated by his fellow brothers-in-arms and another knight is simply a rapist. These authors question the nobility of the knights as well as of the ladies and through their literary works they both critique the male world as well as the upper class.

Marie de France in her description of King Arthur's court and its rules leaves a romantic notion, as to how noble knight shall carry himself as true gentleman. Her Lanval is formerly "a prince of great estate" (Lanval, line 26), who was also handsome, strong and courageous. Lanval, a foreigner in the land of King Arthur, is nevertheless a loyal subject sworn to serve the king. Yet, his fellow knights are not......

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