Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret: Four lais rendered into English prose

Marie de France, a seminal figure of the twelfth century, remains an iconic yet enigmatic author in the arena of medieval literature. Flourishing within the courtly circles of England and France during the latter part of the 12th century, Marie's identity is historically elusive, but her literary legacy endures. Her formidable corpus includes not only the 'Lais de Marie de France'—a collection of ...