Chrétien de Troyes
Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet and known for his writing on Arthurian subjects, and for the first writing of Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart and Perceval, the Story of the Grail. Chrétien’s works, including Erec and Enide, Lancelot, Perceval, and Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, represent some of the best-regarded medieval literature. His use of structure, particularly in Yvain, has been seen as a step toward the modern novel.
