Gautier d’Arras was a cleric who authored two twelfth-century Old French verse romances: Eracle and Ille et Galeron. He probably wrote these works some time between 1159 and 1184. Gautier d’Arras’s romances are closely associated with works of Chrétien de Troyes, but much less widely known.
Adultery in the 13th-century French romance Eracle contrasts the hugely influential Roman poet Gallus madly in love with love of fools for Christ. … Read the post madly in love: fool for Gallus love lacked Eracle’s Christian wisdom
Mothers throughout history have pressured their daughters to have career success. The orphan Athenaïs in the medieval romance Eracle had a different parent. … Read the post Eracle’s annunciation to Athenaïs in relational and cultural context
In the 12th-century Old French romance Eracle, a bride-show serving hypergamy didn’t present a woman with inner beauty in extrasensory perception. … Read the post Eracle bride-show indicates hypergamy inconsistent with inner beauty