Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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In this fabled classic 14th-century romantic poem, Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, takes up the Green Knight's challenge to strike him with an axe if the challenger will take a return blow in a year and a day. Sir Gawain accepts and cleaves off the Green Knight's head expecting him to die, but the Green Knight picks up his head and reminds Gawain to meet him in a year and a day, which he does—and the adventure is only just beginning. This video takes a look at the poem as well as the people and places behind the prose, visiting actual places described and exploring the legend.