Legacy Of The Arthurian Legend

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In the class, Legacy of the Arthurian Legend, there were several aspects and instances that needed to be addressed in an interdisciplinary fashion. However one particular aspect stands out. Having to discuss the reading. Even though we do this every class time it’s the main part as well as the most interdisciplinary. Often times when discussing the readings there are three things to consider, the combination of literature, history, and politics. Reading the excerpts from Sir Thomas Malory’s version was one aspect which needed to be seen through literature history, as well as politics.
For the weeks we were reading from the stories originally written by Sir Thomas Malory there were times when we had to be given a presentation on how the politics

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