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Sep 5, 2023 · Yvain is an Arthurian romance that embodies the medieval principles of courtly love and chivalry. Throughout medieval Europe, these codes of love and chivalry defined right conduct in courtly...
It is presented as a prose narrative unlike the other Yvain romances, and is preserved in three manuscripts – Stockholm 6, AM 489, and Stockholm 46 – though only Stockholm 46 contains the complete tale. 36 The language feels terse and occasionally impersonal, lacking the rhyme and flavor of English, French, and German versions.
The poem was translated into a number of languages, including the Middle English Ywain and Gawain; the Old Norwegian Chivaldric Ívens saga, and the Old Swedish Herr Ivan.
- Chrétien de Troyes
- 1972
Oct 30, 2013 · First, its language shows that it was adapted for a Norwegian, rather than Swedish, audience. Second, it is the only manuscript of Herr Ivan that contains almost exclusively devotional poems.
- Bjørn Bandlien
Several scholars have studied meanings attributed to the lion in the western European Middle Ages, but their accounts have tended to be partial and fragmentary. A balanced, coherent interpretive history of the medieval lion has yet to be written.
Yvain by Chrétien de Troyes is the story of a knight who seeks to regain his honor after he breaks a promise. It was originally written in French and was likely composed in the second half of the...
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This article focuses on the cultural context of a late medieval manuscript of Herr Ivan, the Old Swedish translation of Chrétien de Troyes’ Yvain. This manuscript (Stockholm, Riksarkivet, E 8822 fol.) is unique in several respects. First, its language shows that it was adapted for a Norwegian, rather than Swedish, audience.
