Chrétien de Troyes

/ kretjɛ̃ də trwa /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

"Writing in Latin, his ideas rapidly spread throughout Europe, and via Chretien De Troyes, fed into the French-Norman ideals of chivalric kingship. "Geoffrey claimed as his source an ancient Welsh manuscript which was then lost, never to be found.

From BBC

At the end of the 12th century, Chrétien de Troyes, born a couple of hundred kilometres south-west of Paris, celebrated these earlier roots: “Greece once had the greatest reputation for chivalry and learning,” he wrote.

From The Guardian

The schmaltz gushes through Richie’s lyrics — the most ardent pledges of devotion this side of Chrétien de Troyes.

From New York Times

Elements drawn from the hundred years war and the Italian Renaissance, from Chrétien de Troyes and Icelandic epic, fuse to seamless effect.

From The Guardian

We could be talking about Chrétien De Troyes, or Balzac, or Huysmans, or de Beauvoir, or Colette, or Camus ...

From The Guardian