Author: Chrétien de Troyes
Alternate names: Chrestien de Troyes; Chretien de Troyes; Chrétien De Troyes; Chrétien de Chrétien de Troyes; 12th century Chrestien de Troyes; Chrestien de Troyes 12th cent; Chréstien de Troyes; Cheretien De Troyes; Troyes; Chretien Troyes; Christian von Troyes; Chrétien Troyes; Chr?tien de Troyes; CHRISTIAN VON TROYES; Chre?tien de Troyes; Chre tien de Troyes; Chr]tien de Troyes; Chrestian de Troyes; Troyes Chretien; Chr De Troyes; Chr Troyes; Cretien De Troyes; Cretien de Troyes; Christian de Troyes; Chretien DeTroyes
Title: de Troyes
Born: 12th cent.
Died: 1183?).
Dates: 12th cent.
Bio: 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]