The Lais of Marie de France (Placeholder)

Am ongoing collection of reinterpreted Bretoned poems and legends, curated and retold by Marie de France.

Guigemar - Lovers w/Knots

Equitan - Affair/Boiling Bathtub

La Fresne (Ash Tree) - Twins

Bisclavret

Lanval - Trial/Reverse Damsel in Distress

Les Deux Amants - Carry Up Hill, Take Your Drugs

Yonec

Laustic - The Nightengale (Saint Malo)

Milun - Joust at M. St. Michel. Cu Cullain's kid, but less tragic

Chaitivel - 4 way joust ends badly

Chevrefoil (Tristan + Iseult)

Eliduc - Poly love triangle

Summary

1. Guigemar 2. Equitan 3. Le Fresne 4. Bisclavret 5. Lanval 6. Les Deux Amants 7. Yonec 8. Laustic 9. Milun 10. Chaitive 11. Chevrefoil 12. Eliduc

Cultural Reception

Focusing on chivalric ideology and courtly love, her stories have become popular among the nobility, especially among those in political marriages, as escapism into passionate, secret romances. While some in the The Southern Church have condemned her writings as scandalous and against Church teachings of love and marriage, they remain popular, the readership extending beyond what even Marie is aware of...

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