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Chrétien de Troyes

Chrétien’s Lancelot: cretinous manlet is ideal of courtly lover

Lancelot, whose relationship with Guinevere stimulated scholarly study and glorification of courtly love, is best understand as Chrétien de Troyes’ manlet. … Read the post Chrétien’s Lancelot: cretinous manlet is ideal of courtly lover

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