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.
The medieval woman-heroes Galeron and Ganor understood that a man’s heart determines his worth. Other criteria of manly worth are anti-meninist. … Read the post Galeron & Ganor on men’s worth versus medieval anti-meninism
Gautier d’Arras’s medieval romance Ille et Galeron realistically depicts Galeron and Ganor as strong, independent women in love with the knight Ille. … Read the post Galeron & Ganor show medieval women’s initiative in love with men
Men’s deeds have wrongly defined men’s self-esteem. The medieval romance Ille et Galleron shows a man struggling to gain a better sense of his worth. … Read the post medieval hero Ille shows problem of men’s self-esteem
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