-1400 1100-1500 1809-1892 active15thcentury adaptations adulteryinliterature alfredtennyson arthur arthurianromances britonsinliterature chaucer england englishliterature gentry gentryinliterature geoffrey heroesinliterature history historyandcriticism illegitimacyinliterature kingsandrulersinliterature knightsandknighthoodinliterature literatureandsociety middleenglish parentandchildinliterature politicalandsocialviewschaucer politicalandsocialviewsmalory romances sir socialclassesinliterature sociallifeandcustoms socialstatusinliterature tennyson thomas to1500