Tereus married Procne. He raped her sister Philomena and cut out her tongue. Procne & Philomena killed Procne’s son Itys and fed him to his father Tereus. … Read the post Chrétien de Troyes excused Philomena for killing her innocent son
In Chrétien de Troyes’s Erec et Enide, Erec’s arduous shit-test for Enide promoted the traditional understanding of chivalry over inhumane courtly love. … Read the post Erec testing Enide: the ultimate reverse shit-test
Although Chrétien de Troyes wrote Cligès in the vernacular, he built upon Latin literature of saints’ lives, Islamic medicine, Solomon and Marcolf, etc. … Read the post saintly Fenice in Cligès shows scope of medieval Latin literature
Chrétien de Troyes’s 12th-century French romance Cligès shows that conservative medieval women resisted progress to gender equality in amorous solicitation. … Read the post conservative medieval women impeded progress toward gender equality
Chrétien de Troyes invoked translatio studii et imperii in the prologue to Cligès for Ovidian mockery of intellectual and political pretensions. … Read the post translatio studii et imperii: Chrétien de Troyes’ Ovidian Cligès