Knight-errant
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| - | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}A '''knight-errant''' (plural ''knights-errant'') is a figure of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Romance (genre)|chivalric romance literature]]. "Errant" meaning wandering or roving, indicates how the knight-errant would typically wander the land in search of adventures to prove himself as a knight, such as in a [[pas d'Armes]]. |
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| + | The first known appearance of the term "knight-errant" was in the 14th century poem ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'', where Sir Gawain arrives at the castle of Sir Bercilak de Haudesert after long journeys, and Sir Bercilak goes to welcome the "knygt erraunt." | ||
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The first known appearance of the term "knight-errant" was in the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, where Sir Gawain arrives at the castle of Sir Bercilak de Haudesert after long journeys, and Sir Bercilak goes to welcome the "knygt erraunt."
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