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May 27, 2024 · Using Celtic sources, Chrétien de Troyes in the late 12th century made Arthur the ruler of a realm of marvels in five romances of adventure. He also introduced the themes of the Grail and the love of Lancelot and Guinevere into Arthurian legend. Prose romances of the 13th century explored these major themes further.
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May 21, 2024 · Lancelot’s name first appeared as one of Arthur’s knights in Chrétien de Troyes’s 12th-century romance of Erec, and the same author later made him the hero of Lancelot; ou, le chevalier de la charrette, which retold an existing legend about Guinevere’s abduction, making Lancelot her rescuer and lover.
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- The legendary Lancelot is one of the greatest knights of Arthurian romance literature.
- The character of Lancelot first appeared by name as one of Arthur’s knights in Chrétien de Troyes’s 12th-century romance writings. His legend was f...
- In Arthurian legend Lancelot is known for being the father of the pure knight Sir Galahad, whose mother is Elaine, daughter of King Pelleas, the ke...
May 15, 2024 · The Princeton Charrette Project is a complex, scholarly, multi-media electronic archive containing a medieval manuscript tradition—that of Chrétien de Troyes's Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot, ca. 1180). It was developed and maintained by Karl Uitti (Princeton University, Dept. of French and Italian) from 1994 to 2003.
- Danielle Mihram
- 2020
May 28, 2024 · Chretien de Troyes and Marie de France. This is a turning point in the literature where Guinevere is, for the first time, written as more of an individual with a bigger part in the story. In Marie de France’s poem Lanval, a knight of Arthur’s court (the titular character, Lanval) enters the world of the fairy princess and falls in love with ...
2 days ago · "[A]n eminently readable text, done clearly and accurately . . . it gives as good an idea as a translation can of the complexity and subtlety of Chrétien's originals. . . . The text is provided by a translator who understands the spirit as well as the letter of the original and renders it with style. . . .
6 days ago · Bleoberis de Ganis is a Knight of the Round Table from the land of Ganis (variants Ganes, Gannes, Gaunes, Gaunnes; meaning probably Gaul or perhaps Vannes), who was first mentioned by Chrétien de Troyes in his Erec and Enide, named therein as Bliobleheris (Wendelin Foerster's choice; manuscript variants Bleob[l]eris, Bleosblieris, Blioberis ...
5 days ago · Electronic Dictionary of Chrétien de Troyes (DÉCT) Includes, among others, the works of Chrétien de Troyes & Guillaume d'Orange's epic cycle. Established under the direction of Pierre Kunstmann at the Laboratoire de Français Ancien (LFA, University of Ottawa)
