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Cligès
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Cligès (also Cligés) is a poem by the medieval French poet Chrétien de Troyes, dating from around 1176. It is the second of his five Arthurian romances; Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain, Lancelot and Perceval. The poem tells the story of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice.
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- Author
- Chrétien de Troyes
- First published
- 1888
- Editions
- 15
- Subjects
- Arthurian romances, Translations into English, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Romances, Chretien, de troyes, active 12th century, Medieval Literature, Romances--translations into english, Knights and knighthood--romances
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Key facts
- Medieval text.name
- Cligès
- Medieval text.author(s)
- Chrétien de Troyes
- Medieval text.language
- Old French
- Medieval text.date
- 1176
- Medieval text.verse form
- Octosyllable rhyming couplets
- Medieval text.length
- 6,664 lines
- Medieval text.genre
- Chivalric romance
- Medieval text.subject
- Arthurian legend
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Chrétien de Troyes
- Genre
- chivalric romance
- Country of origin
- France
- Narrative location
- Constantinople
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- publication date
- 1176-00-00
- language of work or name
- Old French
- used metre
- octosyllable
- copyright status
- public domain
- form of creative work
- poem
- Commons category
- Cligès
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cligès (also Cligés) is a poem by the medieval French poet Chrétien de Troyes, dating from around 1176. It is the second of his five Arthurian romances; Erec and Enide, Cligès, Yvain, Lancelot and Perceval. The poem tells the story of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice.
==Background== Cligès has come down to us through seven manuscripts and various fragments. The poem comprises 6,664 octosyllables in rhymed couplets. Prose versions also exist since at least the 15th century.
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