Proud knight, fair lady : the twelve lays of Marie de France / [Marie de France

Lewis's masterly English translation captures the spirit of Marie's original text depicting the wonderful tales collected from traveling minstrels. Size C. Full-color illustrations. Collected by Marie de France in the 12th century and retold here by Naomi Lewis, these 12 stories tell of love and honour, chivalry and courage, and beauty and honesty. The tales of knights and strong heroines have never before been published except in academic, scholarly texts. 100 pages A prose retelling of the narrative poems, composed in the twelfth century by Marie of France, dealing with courtly love, chivalric adventure, and the struggle between good and evil