Chrétien de Troyes or Chrestien de Troyes , fl. 1170, French poet, author of the first great literary treatments of the Arthurian legend . His narrative romances, composed c.1170-c.1185 in octosyllabic rhymed couplets, include Érec et Énide; Cligès; Lancelot, le chevalier de la charette; Yvain, le chevalier au lion; and Perceval, le conte del Graal, unfinished (see Parsifal ). Chrétien drew on popular legend and history, and imbued his romances with the ideals of chivalry current at the 12th-century court of Marie de Champagne, to which he was attached. His other surviving works include imitations of Ovid and Guillaume d'Angleterre, a non-Arthurian narrative.
[The Columbia Encyclopedia. - 6th ed. - 2008]
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- OLID: OL26183A
- ISNI: 0000000117735861
- IMDb: nm0873944
- Library of Congress Names: n79066724
- MusicBrainz: c64d1c3c-7a77-42ad-8f9c-6c77aa84bc29
- Project Gutenberg: 435
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV007805
- VIAF: 87681171
- Wikidata: Q4302
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