EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 4 MIN
Four Arthurian Romances: How Chrétien de Troyes Invented Camelot | Medieval Literature
from Digital Splendor · host Wesley Alexander
Before Malory, before the Round Table as we know it, a French poet named Chrétien de Troyes single-handedly invented the Arthurian romance. Lancelot, the Holy Grail, courtly love — all of it traces back to four poems written in the 1170s that transformed a Welsh warlord into the greatest king in Western literature.
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