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Yvain, or the Knight with the Lion

by Chretien de Troyes (fl. 12th cent. C.E.)
Translated by William Wistar Comfort (1874-1955)

Yvain, the Knight of the Lion is a romance by Chrétien de Troyes. It was probably written in the 1170s simultaneously with Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and includes several references to the action in that poem. In the poem, Yvain seeks to avenge his cousin Calogrenant who had been defeated by an otherworldly knight beside a magical storm-making fountain in the forest of Broceliande.

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• 02 – Section 02 – 00:30:10
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• 03 – Section 03 – 00:32:42
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• 04 – Section 04 – 00:30:17
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• 05 – Section 05 – 00:31:03
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• 06 – Section 06 – 00:27:47
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• 07 – Section 07 – 00:30:42
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• 08 – Section 08 – 00:30:10
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• 09 – Section 09 – 00:23:54
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Cataloged on May 31, 2008