This is one of the biggest downsides as student-led learning becomes more prevalent.

an ermine is a color changing weasel. In the summer, it's coat is a reddish-brown and in the winter it changes to a pure white color to blend in with its snowy environment. When comparing the armors color, the author is using this to relate to it's opulence and statues. By being whiter than an ermine, it is implied that the armour is reaching a level higher than the average knight and distinguished the character from the rest.

Citation: AWA, Alaska Wildlife Alliance. “Species Spotlight! Ermine: The Color-Changing Weasel.” Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA), Alaska Wildlife Alliance (AWA), 27 Aug. 2021, https://www.akwildlife.org/news/species-spotlight-ermine-the-color-changing-weasel.

Feliciano de Silva is most well known for writing continuations of Amadís de Guala and Segunda Celestina. He had an extravagant style that is referred to ironically in this text for its romanticism. It is also seen as a large contributer to Don Quixote's insanity. Throughout the story Quixote will continue to refer to the author both is the way of speech used by him as well as the novels being contributing factors towards moving the story forward.

CItation: Cravens, Sydney Paul. “FELICIANO DE SILVA AND HIS ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY IN ‘DON QUIJOTE.’” INTI, no. 7, 1978, pp. 28–34, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23285009. Accessed 14 Apr. 2022.

Sanct Thomas, better known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury is a well known saint. He was first placed as chancellor of England by King Henry the second, a good friend of his, but resigned to fill his more well known archbishop role. The friends later became foes when Thomas continuously worked against the King when he tried to usurp the rights of the church. While he fled to France for seven years, he later returned to England where he was slain for his devotion for the church in the Canterbury Cathedral.

Citation: Media, Franciscan. “Saint Thomas Becket.” Franciscan Media, 29 Dec. 2020, https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-thomas-becket.

The codpiece was a part of historical men's fashion that was placed to cover their genitals. During this time, people were very fond of using fashion to communicate different things about themselves and their status. While it was typically just a stiff leather pouch, it rose to prominence as men wanted to show their vitality and masculinity to potential spouses. The extra adornments used show of the users wealth and prominence in society. All of the different types of fabrics and jewels were notoriously hard to find and were only worn by the upper-class that could actually afford these materials.

Citation: Daniels, Jennifer R. “Sex-Differentiated Attire’s Impact on Individual Action and Mate Selection.” Sexes, vol. 2, no. 3, Aug. 2021, pp. 353–62. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes2030028.

Sir Gawain is the nephew of King Arthur. Due to the fact, he is also the heir to the throne of Camelot upon the passing of Arthur. On top of this, he is also the half-brother to Mordred, whom has a large adversarial role in other arthurian tales. Upon the death of his father, he is also labeled the head of his clan on top of being known as the greatest knight of the roundtable alongside Sir Lancelot. This leads to him having a higher level of importance not just as a knight, but as the heir to Camelot.

Currin, Nathan. “Sir Gawain.” King Arthur's Knights, 13 Aug. 2019, https://kingarthursknights.com/knights-of-the-round-table/sir-gawain/.

Guinevere is a woman who plays a large role in the Arthurian legends. The wife of Arthur, she is often portrayed as a beauty for which the knights are inspired to hold high morals in the name of. When Arthur married her he was warned away by Merlin, but chose not to adhere to those warning and insisted on her hand. True to his warning, Guinevere had an affair with his knight Sir Lancelot and lead to one of the most well known affairs in all of literature despite her own husband having his own, lesser known, affair.

“Queen Guinevere Biography: Her Personality, after Life.” Victorian Era, 2020, http://victorian-era.org/queen-guinevere-biography.html.

Janardana, one of the twenty-four forms of Viṣṇu, is the offspring of Mahāsarasvatī, one of the three primary forms of Devī. Translated as "world mover", he is known as the protector of negative forces. It is understandable why he would be called upon in this instance due to this, seeing as how he could be seen as a guiding force away from something that may harm our protagonist. - Lauren Dahl

www.wisdomlib.org. “Janardana.” Janardana, Janārdana, Jana-Ardana, Wisdom Lib, 10 Oct. 2021, https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/janardana.

The Gita is one of the most important religious texts of Hinduism. It is debated if it originated with the Mahabharata or was created even earlier. It is so well known due to it taking two of the most important concepts in Hinduism, Veda, or the essential knowledge of the universe, and Upanishad, or how to use that knowledge. -Lauren Dahl

Mark, Joshua J. “Bhagavad Gita.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 15 June 2020, https://www.worldhistory.org/Bhagavad_Gita