Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Courtly Love, and the Cynics of Chivalry

And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, until I come in peace.” ’ ” And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Hear, all you peoples!” - 1 Kings 22:26-28   This Episode’s Links and Timestamps: 00:24 – 1 Kings 22 08:26 – Thoughts on the Reading 35:06 - Archeologists have uncovered a "massive lost ancient city in the Amazon rainforest" – NTB Staff 55:13 - The discovery of the Roman dodecahedron simply reminds us of how stupid we are – William Sitwell, The Telegraph 1:04:12 - Are We Focused On The Wrong Rome? – Jonathan Leaf, Law & Liberty 1:18:25 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo - Goodreads 1:28:28 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – Wikipedia 1:49:13 - The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance – Larissa Tracy, The Great Courses, Audible 1:57:44 - Courtly love - Wikipedia