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A 6 page paper which considers connections between the Medieval poem and Thomas’s consideration of “Astrology: Its Practices and Its Extent.” Bibliography lists three sources.
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worship was a proud tradition that was not about to surrender without a fight. The inevitable conflict between old and new religious beliefs is considered in the anonymously written
Medieval poem, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," which is believed to have been written sometime during the early twelfth century, around the same time as Dantes epic religious poem,
"Divine Comedy." This poem is a consideration of the chivalric code of honor to which all gentlemen were expected to adhere. Sir Gawain was the nephew of King
Arthur, and was the embodiment of everything a noble knight of the Round Table should be - strong, courageous, and most of all, a Christian - a unwavering servant of
God and his country. However, much of the poems conflict arises from the threats posed to Gawains Christian beliefs. There is also a sense that there was another
pagan-like philosophy that was posing a challenge to Christianity - astrology. Oxford University Professor Keith Thomas considered how religion in England
evolved from paganism and magic spells to the complete commitment to Christianity at the exclusion of all other religious practices during the seventeenth century in his impressive text of nearly
800 pages entitled, Religion and the Decline of Magic. Thomas demonstrated how early religious practices involved magic spells and were heavily dependent upon witchcraft. There is a sense
of this in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," for as anyone who is familiar with the legend of King Arthur knows, he was always extremely dependent on the wise
counsel of Merlin the magician to advise him. In fact, Merlin influenced the outcome of many of Arthurs battles in his favor, and was even responsible for the construction
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