arthurian romances
11Literary or Profane Legends — Literary or Profane Legends † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Literary or Profane Legends In the period of national origins history and legend are inextricably mingled. In the course of oral transmission historic narrative necessarily becomes …
12Perceval, the Story of the Grail — Scenes from Perceval. Perceval, the Story of the Grail (French: Perceval, le Conte du Graal) is the unfinished fifth romance of Chrétien de Troyes. Probably written between 1181 and 1191, it is dedicated to Chrétien s patron Philip, Count of… …
13French literature — Introduction the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …
14English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
15Gawain — (pronEng|ˈgɔːwɪn or IPA|/gəˈweɪn/; also called Gwalchmei, Gawan, Gauvain, Walewein, etc. ) is King Arthur s nephew and a Knight of the Round Table who appears very early in the Arthurian legend s development. He is one of a select number of Round …
16Erec and Enide — by Chrétien de Troyes (ca. 1170) The first of five extant Arthurian ROMANCE poems by the French poet CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES, Erec and Enide is a sophisticated poetic narrative thought to be one of the earliest romances of Arthur in the courtly… …
17romance — (chivalric romance) The chivalric romance was the most popular literary form of the later European Middle Ages. The term romance originally referred to anything written in the Old French language, thus categorizing it as composed in a language …
18Mabinogion — The Mabinogion (pronounced IPA|/mabɪ nɔɡjɔn/) is a collection of eleven prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts. They draw on pre Christian Celtic mythology, international folktale motifs, and on early medieval historical traditions. While… …
19Chrétien de Troyes — French and Francophone literature French literature By category French language French literary history Medieval 16th cent …
20Chrétien de Troyes — or Chrestien de Troyes [krā tyan də trwȧ′] fl. 12th cent.; Fr. poet * * * flourished 1165–80 French poet. Little is known of his life. He is the author of the five Arthurian romances Erec, Cligès, Lancelot, Yvain, and Perceval and possibly also… …
