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  2. Troilus and Criseyde - Wikipedia

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    Geoffrey Chaucer reciting before nobles. Troilus and Criseyde (/ ˈ t r ɔɪ l ə s ... k r ɪ ˈ s eɪ d ə /) is an epic poem by Geoffrey Chaucer which re-tells in Middle English the tragic story of the lovers Troilus and Criseyde set against a backdrop of war during the siege of Troy. It was written in rime royale and probably completed ...

  3. Roman de Troie - Wikipedia

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    Miniature from a 14th-century manuscript of Le Roman de Troie.. Le Roman de Troie (The Romance of Troy) by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, probably written between 1155 and 1160, [1] is a 30,000-line [2] epic poem, a medieval retelling of the theme of the Trojan War.

  4. At Dulcarnon - Wikipedia

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    Dulcarnon or dulcarnoun is a term used in the Middle English poem Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer, in a line given to Criseyde: "at dulcarnoun, right at my wittes ende". It became proverbial.

  5. Chaucer's influence on 15th-century Scottish literature

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    One of Henryson’s greatest achievements is his work The Testament of Cresseid, a critical re-writing of Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde. Henryson disregards Chaucer’s conclusion and creates a totally new ending where Troilus is kept alive to permit one final encounter with his lover, who has been reduced to leprosy.

  6. Matter of Rome - Wikipedia

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    Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde is an English example, with Chaucer adding many elements to emphasize its connection with the matter. [4]: 30–1 He also brought the story into line with the precepts of courtly love. [4]: 35–6

  7. Il Filostrato - Wikipedia

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    "Il Filostrato" is a poem by the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, and the inspiration for Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde [1] and, through Chaucer, the Shakespeare play Troilus and Cressida. It is itself loosely based on Le Roman de Troie, by 12th-century poet Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Il Filostrato

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  9. Publius Lollius Maximus - Wikipedia

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    The English Poet of the Middle Ages Geoffrey Chaucer, who was the author of the poem, Troilus and Criseyde refers various times in the poem to Maximus, as myn auctor Lollius. [7] Chaucer states that Maximus wrote an old story about the Trojan War in Latin and in his poem, Troilus and Criseyde is just retelling the story. [7]