Lybeaus Desconus
By: edited by M. Mills.
Contributors: Chestre, Thomas, fl. 1430.; Mills, Maldwyn, ed.
Series: Early English Text Society. Publications, original series, ;; no. 261; Early English Text Society (Series) ;; no. 261.
Publisher: Published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford U.P.; Early English Text Society
Published: 1969
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng; enm
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Guinglain (Legendary character) -- Romances; Arthurian romances
Description: Describe the adventures of Gingalain, the son of King Arthur's knight Gawain and a fairy who raises him ignorant of his parentage and his name. As a young man, he visits Arthur's court to be knighted, before setting forth on a series of adventures which consolidate his new position in society.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 68-70.
Sometimes attributed to Thomas Chestre. Parallel texts, Cotton Caligula A.II and Lambeth Palace 306.