Medievalists.net » Roman de Brut http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Chaucer’s Arthuriana http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/chaucers-arthuriana/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/18/chaucers-arthuriana/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:58:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39944 The majority of medieval scholars, including Roger Sherman Loomis, argue that the popularity of the Arthurian legend in England was therefore on the wane in the latter half of the fourteenth century; as a result, the major writers of the period, such as John Gower and Geoffrey Chaucer, refrained from penning anything beyond the occasional reference to King Arthur and his court.

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