The Knight in the Panther's Skin
The contemporary Georgian chronicles enshrined Christian morality and patristic literature continued to flourish, but it had, by that time, lost its earlier dominant position to secular literature, which was highly original, even though it developed close contact with neighboring cultures. The trend culminated in Shota Rustaveli's epic poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" ("Vepkhistq'aosani"), which celebrates the ideals of an "Age of Chivalry" and is revered in Georgia as the greatest achievement of native literature.