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Sir and Gawain
One exception is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which locates Arthur's court at " Camelot "; however, in Britain, Arthur's court was generally located at Caerleon, or at Carlisle, which is usually identified with the " Carduel " of the French romances.
Furthermore, Monmouth derived many of his character's names from " Culhwch and Olwen "; Sir Kay comes from " Kai "; Sir Bedivere is derived from " Bedwyr "; and lastly Sir Gawain is " Gwalchmei " in Welsh.
Arthur ( top centre ) in an illustration to the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, late 14th century
While chivalric romances abound, particularly notable literary portrayals of knighthood include Geoffrey Chaucer's The Knight's Tale, Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier, and Miguel de Cervantes ' Don Quixote, as well as Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d ' Arthur and other Arthurian tales ( Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, the Pearl Poet's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, etc.
A later English Arthurian romance, The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell ( c. 1450 ), uses much of the same elements of the Wife of Bath's tale, yet changes the setting to the court of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
The story revolves around the knight Sir Gawain granting to Dame Ragnell, his new bride, what is purported to be wanted most by women: sovereignty.
Gordon published a scholarly edition of the Middle English text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ; a revised edition of this text was prepared by Norman Davis and published in 1967.
The poem has been adapted to film twice, on both occasions by writer-director Stephen Weeks: first as Gawain and the Green Knight in 1973 and again in 1984 as Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, featuring Miles O ' Keeffe as Gawain and Sean Connery as the Green Knight.
There have been at least two television adaptations, Gawain and the Green Knight in 1991 and the animated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in 2002.
The Tyneside Theatre company presented a stage version of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at the University Theatre, Newcastle at Christmas 1971.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was first adapted as an opera in 1978 by the composer Richard Blackford on commission from the village of Blewbury, Oxfordshire.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was adapted into an opera called Gawain by Harrison Birtwistle, first performed in 1991.
This opera uses Sir Gawain as the backdrop but refocuses the story on Gawain's female squire, Gwyneth, who is trying to become a knight.
* Sir Gawain and the Green Knight at Archive. org
* The Camelot Project Info on Sir Gawain
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Sir and Green
Mu Bai, intending to give up his warrior life, asks Shu Lien to transport his sword, also referred to as the Green Destiny, to the city of Peking, as a gift for their friend Sir Te ( Sihung Lung ).
The Green Destiny is returned to Sir Te.
: The successful resistance in the Great Siege is attributed to several factors: the improvement in fortifications by Colonel ( later Mayor General Sir ) William Green in 1769 ; the British naval supremacy, which translated into support of the Navy ; the competent command by General George Augustus Elliot ; and an appropriately sized garrison.
* Knight of Kerry or Green Knight ( FitzGerald of Kerry ) — the current holder is Sir Adrian FitzGerald, 6th Baronet of Valencia, 24th Knight of Kerry.
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The main University Library which has been renamed the Sir Kenneth Green Library is also situated on the All Saints campus.
* Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
She was the oldest surviving child of Sir Thomas Parr, Lord of the Manor of Kendal in Westmorland ( now Cumbria ), descendant of King Edward III, and the former Maud Green, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Green, Lord of Greens Norton, Northamptonshire.

Sir and Knight
The British musician Elton John, for example, is a Knight Bachelor, thus entitled to be called Sir Elton.
For example, His Eminence Sir Norman Cardinal Gilroy did receive the accolade on his appointment as Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1969.
A famous example of this situation was The Revd Sir Derek Pattinson, who was ordained just a year after he was appointed Knight Bachelor, apparently somewhat to the consternation of officials at Buckingham Palace.
The Tempest is considered by most Shakespearean scholars to have been written in 1610 – 11 and inspired by published and unpublished contemporary descriptions of the 1609 Sea Venture shipwreck on the island of Bermuda, and most especially William Strachey's eyewitness report, A True Reportory of the Wracke and Redemption of Sir Thomas Gates, Knight because of certain verbal, plot and thematic similarities.
The category of Knight of the order had been created only on 24 May, and the Chancellor and Principal Knight of the Order, the Governor-General Sir John Kerr, became the first appointee, ex officio.

Sir and returns
* August 2 – Jamestown: Deputy Governor Sir Thomas Gates returns to Virginia with 280 people, provisions and cattle on 6 ships and assumes control, ruling that the fort must be strengthened.
In Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d ' Arthur, Guinevere is found guilty, however, Lancelot returns to help Guinevere to escape from the castle.
Sir Bedivere returns to Arthur in the church and tells him what he saw.
Shortly after he recovers, he returns to Camelot after being found by Sir Percival and Sir Ector.
Sir Lancelot and Elaine sleep together, but on discovering the deception, Lancelot at first tries to kill Elaine for her complicity, but when he finds out that they have conceived a son together, he is immediately forgiving ; however he does not marry Elaine or even wish to be with her anymore and returns to King Arthur's court.
The servant returns to announce Sir Peter, and Lady Teazle hides in panic behind the screen.
Sir Oliver sets in a furious pursuit, but then remembers a promise to Rosamund to refrain from engaging her brother, following which he returns home.
Despite initial protestations by the king, Sir Orfeo reminds him that he gave him his word and Sir Orfeo returns with Heurodis to Winchester:
In Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere ( or ; ;, also spelt Bedevere ) is the Knight of the Round Table who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake.
A misunderstanding causes Sir Sagramore to challenge Hank to a duel to the death ; the combat will take place when Sagramore returns from his quest for the Holy Grail.
Lorelei meets the rich and foolish Sir Francis " Piggy " Beekman ( Charles Coburn ), the owner of a diamond mine, and is attracted by his wealth and naively returns his geriatric flirtations.
* The British Sempill Mission to Japan, led by Sir William Francis Forbes-Sempill, returns to the United Kingdom.
However, after allegations of sleaze, Sir Harold is made bankrupt and Sandy returns to Prentiss McCabe.
Stephen returns to Sir Joseph and tells of his capture and Jack ’ s predicament.
That is the last they see of Rob Roy, as Frank, the new Lord of Osbaldistone Manor, returns to London to take up his career at Osbaldistone and Tresham, and marry his beloved Diana, while Sir Richard escapes to safety on the Continent.
After learning of the death of his brother, Larry Talbot ( Lon Chaney, Jr .) returns to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales to reconcile with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot ( Claude Rains ).
The most quoted Allied casualty figures are those in the returns made by Lt-Gen Sir George Fowke, Haig's adjutant-general.
Cordelia in turn lies in wait with her gun to ambush her would-be killer, who turns out to be Sir Ronald's laboratory assistant Lunn, when he returns to finish her off.
However policyholder compensation would be limited to the " absolute loss they suffered " estimated by Sir John Chadwick at a total of £ 2. 3 -£ 3B, compared with the £ 4B -£ 4. 8B returns that similar companies produced.
Harnessing the power of the Golden Fruit just as Sir Pac-alot did, Pac-Man re-imprisons Spooky and returns the Golden Fruit to where they belong.
Soon after Aditu's appearance, Miriamele returns from the south with Duke Isgrimmnur, a young Wrannaman scholar, Tiamak, and a large old man who turns out to be the great knight Sir Camaris, whom everyone had thought dead and lost.
Sir Launfal returns to Caerleon and soon a train of packhorses arrives, bearing all kinds of valuables for him.

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