INTRODUCTION:
THE ORIGINS OF ROMANCE
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Storytelling was for the Middle Ages a favorite form of entertainment.

PERCEVAL,
OR THE STORY OF THE GRAIL
by Chrétien de Troyes
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FOREWORD
 
Of all the romances of the Middle Ages, those which celebrate King Arthur and the knights and ladies of his court may be considered the most typical, as they were -- and still are, thanks largely to Tennyson and Wagner -- the best known.