arthurian romances
31Maleagant — is a villain from Arthurian legend. In a number of versions of a popular episode, Maleagant abducts Guinevere, necessitating her rescue by King Arthur and his knights. The earliest surviving version of this episode names the abductor Melwas.… …
32Medieval French literature — French and Francophone literature French literature By category French language French literary history Medieval …
33Erec and Enide — ( fr. Érec et Énide) is Chrétien de Troyes first romance, completed around 1170. Consisting of 7000 lines written in Old French, the poem is the earliest known Arthurian romance in any language besides the Welsh Culhwch and Olwen , which likely… …
34Yvain: The Knight of the Lion — by Chrétien de Troyes (ca. 1177) Yvain was probably the third of CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES’s five extant ROMANCES, written sometime before or after the author’s unfinished LANCELOT. Unlike the more complex and morally ambivalent CLIGÈS, in which… …
35Percival — or Perceval is one of King Arthur s legendary Knights of the Round Table. In Welsh literature his name is Peredur (see the Peredur article for that legendary figure). He is most famous for his involvement in the quest for the Holy Grail.… …
36Sir Tor — is a Knight of the Round Table according to Arthurian legend. He appears frequently in Arthurian literature.In earlier mentions Tor s father is King Ars or Aries, [For example, Chrétien de Troyes list of knights in Erec and Enide . From Owen,… …
37Magic ring — A magic ring is a ring, usually a finger ring, that has magical properties. It appears frequently in fantasy and fairy tales. Magic rings are found in the folklore of every country where rings are worn,[1] and they endow the wearer with a variety …
38Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… …
39Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart — ( fr. Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette) is an Old French poem by Chrétien de Troyes. Chrétien probably composed the work at the same time as or slightly before writing Yvain, the Knight of the Lion , which refers to the action in Lancelot a …
40Caradoc — Vreichvras (more correctly in Welsh, Caradog Freichfras, meaning Caradoc Strong (or Stout) Arm) was a semi legendary ancestor to the kings of Gwent living during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in Arthurian legend as a Knight of the… …
