Arthurian Romances

Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chrétien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur''s Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory. Ere...