This paper discusses how masterpieces of English Medieval literature help us understand the relationship between people and
standards of behavior that were considered proper and ethical all those years ago. It shows how in particular from the books "Beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" we can learn how foreigners were accepted and of the customs at the
courts by analysis of the arrival Beowulf and the Green Knight at the courts of Kings Hrothgar and Arthur.