Question

Read the excerpt from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

This King was staying at Camelot at Christmastime

With many fair lords and the most beautiful ladies

And the whole high brotherhood of the Round Table

In happy festivity and the high revels of the season.



What element of medieval court culture is evident in the excerpt?


the people’s reverence for their king

the material wealth of nobles

the camaraderie of nobles and knights

the church’s rites and practices