The Birth of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. "'My good sir, is she your daughter then?' 'Yes, but don't pay any attention to what she says,' said the lord. 'She's a child - a silly, foolish thing.' 'Indeed,' said my lord Gawain, 'then I'd be very ill-mannered not to do what she wants." Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes is a collection of short stories set in the Early Middle Ages, in England. They follow the path of several knights - including Lancelot's father - through adulthood focusing on their romantic affairs. What tests will the knights encounter in order to prove themselves worthy of a woman's love?
