Question

The Matter of Antiquity and The Matter of Britain are two of the four great divisions under which English medieval romances of the _____ were placed.
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY...
1) thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
2) fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
3) fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

Answer 1

Here is a few of the great English medieval romances of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries:

The "Matter of Antiquity" included the legends about Alexander the Great, the city of Thebes, and the city of Troy. A famous example of this group is the Troilus and Criseyde of Chaucer.

The "Matter of Britain" included the important literature about King Arthur. The great metrical romances, tales in verse, represent this literature. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, from the fourteenth century is the finest example. The "Matter of Britain" is also represented by the great prose work of Thomas Malory in the fifteenth century, Le Morte d'Arthur.