Articles on Romance (Genre), Including: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Amadis de Gaula, Matter of Britain, Tirant Lo Blanch, Matter of Rome, Sir Orfeo, Matter of France, Troilus and Criseyde, Havelok the Dane, Bevis of Hampton

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