Episode 131: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

This podcast explores the language and story of the popular Middle Ages poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It discusses the revival of English as an accepted language in the late 1300s, the rise of English literature, the festivities at King Arthur's Court, the entrance of a mysterious figure, the introduction of the Green Knight, the evolution of the word 'blush' in Old English poetry, and Gawain's encounter with the Green Knight orchestrated by Morgan Lefay.