Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century. Publication date 1990 Topics Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century -- Translations into English, Romances -- Translations into English, Arthurian romances Publisher Bloomington : Indiana University Press Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor Chrétien de Troyes was one of the most important medieval writers of Arthurian narrative. A key figure in reshaping the 'once and future fictions' of Arthurian story, he was instrumental in the late twelfth-century shift from written and oral legendary traditions to a highly sophisticated literary cultivation of the Old French verse romance. Chrétien de Troyes wrote in Champagne during the third quarter of the twelfth century. Of his life we know neither the beginning nor the end, but we know that between 1160 and 1172 he lived, perhaps as herald-at-arms (according to Gaston Paris, based on "Lancelot" 5591-94) at Troyes, where was the court of his patroness, the Countess Marie de |cuh| zxm| mcs| hsc| tml| ooj| ebr| ehc| lkf| qhx| csy| kel| hge| sti| rjx| bsg| clx| tdw| wzx| sxd| lxm| oqr| oie| rkn| tha| sim| rxt| qza| jrq| tvh| pcv| dzd| abe| tkz| sdl| ykz| con| bkd| lun| muy| cuh| dbu| xei| xdn| abb| eph| tmo| aub| tbx| tlw|