Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, this work describes the events that follow when a mysterious green-coloured knight rides into King Arthur's Camelot in deep mid-winter. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, it is among the Middle English poems: a tale of magic, chivalry and seduction.

Compusa in timpul secolului al XIV-lea in Midlands englezesti, aceasta lucrare descrie evenimentele care urmeaza cand un misterios cavaler de culoare verde calareste in Camelotul Regelui Arthur in mijlocul iernii. Imbinand mitul celtic si credinta crestina, se numara printre poemele englezesti de mijloc: o poveste despre magie, cavalerism si seductie.