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The Prose Romance of Tristan is an old story that was loved for a long time.1 It treasures the memory of “the most sovereign knight who has ever been in the realm of Great Britain, both before and after King Arthur, save for the very good knight Lancelot” [Li plus soveriens chevaliers qui onques fust ou reaume de la Grant Bretaigne, et devant le roi Artus et aprés, fors solement li tres bons chevaliers Lancelot dou Lac].2
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Grigoriu, B.E. (2011). What was She Thinking? Ysolt on the Edge. In: Rider, J., Friedman, J. (eds) The Inner Life of Women in Medieval Romance Literature. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230339330_3
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