1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Background

2. Background and Origins Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl and two other poems are included in the same manuscript. Dated around the year 1400. The author is unknown. Found in the Cotton Library (the same place where Beowulf was found). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl and two other poems are included in the same manuscript. Dated around the year 1400. The author is unknown. Found in the Cotton Library (the same place where Beowulf was found).

3. Who is the Author? He was a major poet of the day. Devout mind with interest in theology (not a professional cleric, however). Had a sense of humor Knew Latin and French and well read in French literature. From the western area of Britain- a less populated area and more conservative than his contemporary Chaucer who was from London. He was a major poet of the day. Devout mind with interest in theology (not a professional cleric, however). Had a sense of humor Knew Latin and French and well read in French literature. From the western area of Britain- a less populated area and more conservative than his contemporary Chaucer who was from London.

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