A report on Chivalric romance
Type of prose and verse narrative that was popular in the noble courts of High Medieval and Early Modern Europe.
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Old French
3 linksThe language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries.
The language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries.
At the beginning of the 13th century, Jean Bodel, in his Chanson de Saisnes, divided medieval French narrative literature into three subject areas: the Matter of France or Matter of Charlemagne; the Matter of Rome (romances in an ancient setting); and the Matter of Britain (Arthurian romances and Breton lais).
Fairy
2 linksType of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.
Type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, English, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.
Historical origins of fairies range from various traditions from Persian mythology to European folklore such as of Brythonic (Bretons, Welsh, Cornish), Gaelic (Irish, Scots, Manx), and Germanic peoples, and of Middle French medieval romances.
The Man of Law's Tale
3 linksFifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387.
Fifth of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, written around 1387.
Her tale is also told in John Gower's Confessio Amantis, and both are similar to the verse Romance Emaré, and the cycle is generally known as the "Constance" cycle.
King Horn
1 linksKing Horn is a Middle English chivalric romance dating back to the middle of the thirteenth century.
Havelok the Dane
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Havelok the Dane, also known as Havelok or Lay of Havelok the Dane, is a thirteenth-century Middle English romance considered to be part of the Matter of England.
Quest
2 linksJourney toward a specific mission or a goal.
Journey toward a specific mission or a goal.
Many medieval romances sent knights out on quests.
Huon of Bordeaux
1 linksHuon of Bordeaux is the title character of a 13th-century French epic poem with romance elements.
Courtly love
3 linksMedieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.
Medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.
The medieval genres in which courtly love conventions can be found include the lyric, the romance and the allegory.
Ludovico Ariosto
2 linksItalian poet.
Italian poet.
He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516).
Tristan
3 linksHero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult.
Hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult.
In the 13th century, during the great period of prose romances, Tristan en prose or Prose Tristan became one of the most popular romances of its time.