LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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The exposure to new forms ended the production of lais.
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This interaction led to the influence of Arthurian legend on French literature.
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This interaction led to more stories about the English conversion to Christianity.
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The cultural exchange led to more stories about ancient myths.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur) – the title is actually spelled as Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in many many modern editions – is Sir Thomas Malory’s compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. It was first published in 1485 by William Caxton.
Detailed explanation-2: -A large body of writings in various languages in the 12th and 13th centuries and thereafter, recounting legends of King Arthur, his sword Excalibur, his queen Guinevere, and his various knights at the court of Camelot.
Detailed explanation-3: -Arthurian Britain was before the Germanic invaders came and made the place England (Angle-land). What Arthur and his knights of the round table, and all the other people around then and there, would have been speaking was something we now call Brythonic or Brittonic: a Celtic language. Completely unlike modern English.
Detailed explanation-4: -Arthurian legends are primarily rooted in the mythology of Wales, but Arthur also appears in Irish folklore and literature. In early tales, he is the son of the king of Britain. He steals dogs belonging to Finn, a legendary Irish hero drawn from the same ancient Celtic sources as Arthur himself.