The Art of Medieval French RomanceDouglas Kelly provides a comprehensive and historically valid analysis of the art of medieval French romance as the romancers themselves describe it. He focuses on well-known writers, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Marie de France, and also draws on a wide range of other sources—prose romances, non-Arthurian romances, thirteenth-century verse romances, and variant versions from the later Middle Ages. |
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... chevalerie . Pröesce por savoir chanjoient , Sifeitemant s'entr'aprenoient : En Athene n'avoit riche home Qui n'envëast son fil a Rome , Quant il ert saiges de clergie , Por aprandre chevalerie ; Et cil de Rome espessemant R'anvëoient ...
... Chevalerie depends on clerical san / sans to know and understand its mis- sion . The thirteenth century saw the emergence of great cycles dealing with universal mysteries of grace , love , and the meaning of life . In them , the sens du ...
... chevalerie riens valoir , se li Sainz Esperiz ne vos fet la voie en toutes les aventures que vos troverez . Car vos savez bien que ceste Queste est emprise por savoir au- cune chose des merveilles dou Saint Graal , que Nostre Sires a ...