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During the late 12th century, the Arthurian legends first took their form in the imagination of French-speaking romancers. Foremost among these poets was the great Chretien de Troyes, credited with incorporating into the Arthurian tradition the quest for the Holy Grail and the adulterous affair between Lancelot and Guinevere. This critical text explores the French roots of the legends and the source material of the individual characters, with special attention to the creative role played by de Troyes, whose contribution to the saga continues to shape and inform the modern imagination.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I. LITERARY THEMES: THE POET
1. Everyone Knows Lancelot Was French
2. Arabic Roots
3. From Wales to Brittany and Beyond
4. Medieval Feminism
5. Cligès, the Anti-Tristan
6. A Melting Pot of Ideas
7. The Desecration of Aquitaine
8. An Arthurian Geography Lesson
9. Geoffrey of Monmouth Proves Reading Is Believing
PART II. HISTORICAL THEMES: THE KNIGHT
10. The Birth of Chivalry
11. Erec, Enide, and the Pitfalls of Happiness
12. The Achievement of Malory
13. Restless Second Sons
14. Legacy of the Crusader Kingdoms
15. Normans Gone Native
16. The Fragile and Hard-Won Sanity of Yvain
17. A Dreadful Foreboding
PART III. RELIGIOUS THEMES: THE CLERGYMAN
18. Good Guys, Bad Guys, and No In-Betweens
19. The Problem with Merlin
20. Triumph of the Gothic
21. Perceval Gets Religion in Spite of Himself
22. The Grail and the Lance
23. Ecclesia Versus Synagoga
24. Chrétien Who?
Conclusion
Timeline of the High Middle Ages, 1000-1300
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index



