1.    The real king Arthur was probably a Celtic leader who lived in the fifth century A.D.

2.    The common characteristics of a Medieval Romance are:

a.    The presence of knight who travels and fights for his lady, king or God

b.    The presence of chivalry and courtly love

c.    The presence of mystery, magic and supernatural events

d.    The vague and imaginary setting, often in exotic places

3.    The characteristics of the "hero-knight" in romances are:

a.    The atmosphere of mystery in which he is enshrouded

b.     His great abilities and his success in great challenges

c.    His moral qualities according to chivalry and the courtly love

4.    "Eragon" by Cristhopher Paolini, "The lord of the rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "The chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis can be considered romances. They have a lot of features of the Medieval Romance, such as the fight and travel of a knight, the ideal of chivalry, the mystery surrounding the story and the vague and imaginary setting that moreover is very distant from the modern society and very similar to the Medieval one. But some features of the Medieval Romance are recurrent in stories such as "Superman", "Batman", "Spiderman" and so on, which can be considered as modern knights.

5.    The Code of Chivalry was a code that ruled the knight's life. It was at the base of his ideals and behaviour.

6.    At the beginning "Courtly love" referred to the love inside the court that is the love between two noble lovers.  Afterwards the word "courtly" did not only refer to a noble and rich person but to a person of great-heartedness. Its rules were codified in the 12^th century by Andrea Cappellano in his work "De amore", the most important concepts expressed by this work are:

a.    The natural and instinctive nature of love

b.    The suffering that comes from love

c.    The qualities that the knight must have (loyalty, generosity, devotion)

d.    The statement that love cannot exist between husband and wife

e.    The great result of love that is the moral improvement  

f.     The statement that love can only exist between people noble and of great-heartedness