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6 unusual facts about Chrétien de Troyes


Chrétien de Troyes

Three of Middle High German literature's finest examples, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival and Hartmann von Aue's Erec and Iwein, were based on Perceval, Erec, and Yvain; the Three Welsh Romances associated with the Mabinogion, Peredur, son of Efrawg, Geraint and Enid, and Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain are derived from the same trio.

Hugo Keiper, Christoph Bode, and Richard Utz (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997), pp. 87-109.

Fidchell

A magic gwyddbwyll comparable to Gwenddoleu's appears in the Arthurian romance Peredur son of Efrawg; a number of French versions of the Holy Grail story feature similar chessboards with self-moving pieces, following the Second Continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail, though in these only one side moves, while the hero plays the other.

Hippocras

In the 12th century, a spiced wine named "pimen" or "piment" was mentioned by Chrétien de Troyes.

Joseph Henry Reason

His dissertation, "An Inquiry Into the Structure, Style, and Originality of Chrestien's Yvain", was published as volume 57 of Studies in Romance Languages and Literature.

Matilda Bruckner

She is an authority on French romance from the twelfth and thirteenth century, and author and editor of four books on romance, Chrétien de Troyes, and the women troubadours.



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