It is believed that the Gawain Poet wrote Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the late 1300s, nearing the end of what is generally considered the age of chivalry. Though legend has it that Gawain was one of Arthur’s finest and most loyal knights, the Gawain poet tells a story in which this hero is flawed. What might the poet’s intention have been to depict a fabled knight in this way as the age of chivalry was waning?