Even though we have long surpassed the Middle Ages, the Arthurian legends still remain relevant to modern society because of the morals, traditions, and themes. ... If a reader can relate or sympathize with a piece of literature and derive a theme, the story is successful. ... In another work of literature set in the medieval times titled, "La Belle Dame sans Merci," by John Keats, a knight falls in love with a woman who in is dubbed "La Belle Dame sans Merci" which is French for the beautiful woman without pity. ... Medieval Arthurian themes and stories from the fifteenth century having to d...

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When they reached the age of fourteen, they were apprenticed to knights to whom they would serve as squires. ... She demanded, through the romance literature that remains a powerful influence today, that the knight act with strength on one hand, and courtesy and respect on the other. ... The church agreed, arguing only that the spiritual love of Christ was superior to the love of a woman; but the important detail was that love as an ennobling motivator was added as a chivalric element that was to stay. ... Because most noble marriages in the Middle Ages were little more than business ...

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