Knights of the past and from stories of “Arthur” are always intriguing, but have you ever wondered what's knights of the past were really like. Maybe past knights weren't all about honor and loyalty. Maybe even some of them where villains in some kind of mixed up way. Well this can all be solved in researching “Knights of the past” and stories of Arthur. In the end you will learn that knights of the past and those of the Arthurian age were very similar.
Before we actually go over the difference of knights of the past and those of the arthurian age lets go over facts on both types of knights. Before knight’s in medieval times actually became knights there were challenges before them. First and foremost was knights had to be scribs then squires
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Lancelot was able to last till sun down and defeats Gawain, however Lancelot loved Gawain to much to deal the final blow and let him leave. One of the surprising things is after all the wars and arthur dies Lancelot retires as a knight and becomes a hermit in the end.
From all this information you can get a good idea of what a knight was like in Malory’s stories. Knights in Malory’s stories came from Gods, kings or even Dryads. Many of the knights were honorable, fulfilling, loyal, and some are even knowledgeable. When you say knowledgable you might think really smart like einstein, however when you think knowledgable in the story it is defined as strategic or calm in the midst of battle.
In the article “Knights of the Round Table” it explains how all the knights supposedly used Gawain as a marker to being knightly. But with this statement many critics say there were many other knights who were more knightly and more befitting to being the perfect knight. A lot of them mentioned how Lancelot was the symbol of being a knight. Due to this conflict to who is better I had to compare the two also, not just Knights to Sir Malory’s version of a