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The Literature of Chivalry - Coggle Diagram
The Literature of Chivalry
Love Songs & Poems
Often about the conflict between a knight's duty to protect his lady and to protect his lord.
Troubadours
Traveling poet-musicians at castles in Europe.
Composed short verses
Sometimes sang their own verses about their own lady
Sang songs about knights
Lovesick knights
Love's disappointments
Epic Poems
About heroes and their journeys
Retold real life stories
Charlemagne
King Arthur
Song of Roland
Praises band of French soldiers
Were enjoyed by public
Brought lessons to the public
How did these poems survive all this time for us to study? And how many are estimated to have been forgotten?