arthurian romances
21Chrétien de Troyes — (ca. 1140–ca. 1190) Chrétien de Troyes, writing in French in the late 12th century, may be the inventor of the genre of chivalric ROMANCE. He is certainly the poet most responsible for shaping the form and style of Arthurian literature as it… …
22Octavian (romance) — A page from British Library MS Cotton Caligula A.ii, in which Middle English tales of Libeaus Desconus, Sir Launfal and Saint Patrick s Purgatory are also found Octavian is a 14th century Middle English verse translation and abrid …
23Modena Cathedral — Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country …
24Medieval dance — Dance with musicians, Tacuina sanitatis casanatensis (XIV century) Sources for an understanding of dance in Europe in the Middle Ages are limited and fragmentary, being composed of some depictions in paintings and illuminations, a few musical… …
25Cligès — French literature By category French literary history Medieval 16th century  …
26Daniel von dem blühenden Tal — (Daniel of the Flowering Valley) is an Arthurian romance composed around 1220 by the Middle High German poet Der Stricker,[1] who claimed he had received the story from a French troubadour. It tells how Sir Daniel, heir to the kingdom of… …
27Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart — by Chrétien de Troyes (ca. 1176–82) Probably the fourth of the five extant Arthurian verse ROMANCES by the French poet CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES, Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart is thought to have been written sometime close to the writing of… …
28Ywain — Sir Ywain (also called Owain, Yvain, Ewain or Uwain) is a Knight of the Round Table and the son of King Urien in Arthurian legend. The historical Owain mab Urien, on whom the literary character is based, was the king of Rheged in Great Britain… …
29Yvain, the Knight of the Lion — Yvain rescues the lion Yvain, the Knight with the Lion (French: Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion) is a romance by Chrétien de Troyes. It was probably written in the 1170s simultaneously with Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and includes several… …
30Lancelot du Lac — Sir Lancelot du Lac was the greatest of King ARTHUR’s knights, according to most late medieval Arthurian romances. Known for his strength, prowess, and bravery, Lancelot was even better known as the lover of Arthur’s queen, GUENEVERE. Their… …
