Matter of Britain Figure
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
- Summary
- Wins a lady by killing her husband, is granted a year's leave for tournaments, overstays it, goes mad in the forest, and rebuilds himself in the company of a lion he rescues from a serpent. Chretien's most balanced hero.
- Kind
- legendary
Worldviews
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH