Chrétien de Troyes

/ kretjɛ̃ də trwa /

noun

1. Chrétien de Troyes12th century12th centuryMFrenchWRITING: poet 12th century, French poet, who wrote the five Arthurian romances Erec; Cligès; Lancelot, le chevalier de la charette; Yvain, le chevalier au lion; and Perceval, le conte del Graal (?1155–?1190), the first courtly romances