When thinking of King Arthur, I would automatically identify him as a Christian King. With that said, I was intrigued by the contrast of faith between Arthur’s court and Bertilak. Bertilak’s court attended mass on a regular basis, where as Arthur’s court’s attendance was seldom. After learning of the different seasons in regards to the Church, I was able to better understand the references in the story.
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, all my previous understandings and conceptions of Arthur and his court were completely skewed which in turn made the readings harder for me, mainly because I kept picturing all the movies and television series in relations to Arthur but that’s just me.
On another note, as much as I enjoyed reading the short poems, my favorite being The Corpus Christi Carol, I find the text very difficult to comprehend. In all honesty I have no idea what Adam Lay Bound is about because I got from it was something about an apple and thanks be to God. Maybe I’m one of the many or the few who struggles with the Middle English readings, the pronunciations and interpretations, but they are a joy to read none the less. The reason I appreciated the Corpus Christi Carol most was mainly because of the line "he bare him up, he bare him down", the image of Christ being raised on the cross and then lowered into a tomb was impacting, at least for me.
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