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Perceforest
The anonymous prose romance of ''Perceforest'' with lyrical interludes of poetry, in six books, appears to have been composed in French in the Low Countries between 1330 and 1344. It forms a late addition to the cycle of narratives with loose connections both to the Arthurian cycle and to the feats of Alexander the Great.
The Manuscript C, written by David Aubert around 1459-1460 for Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, is the most complete of the four manuscripts known to us. Written in more or less 531 chapters, ''Perceforest'' pretends to give us a Genesis of the Arthurian World.
==Plot==
''Perceforest'' is composed of six books that describe a fictional origin of Great Britain, taking its inspiration from Wace, Orosius, Bede, Geoffroy of Monmouth. Alexander, having conquered Britain, departs for Babylon, leaving Perceforest in charge. Perceforest, so named because he dared to "pierce" the evil forest, as king of Britain introduces the Christian faith and establishes a ''Franc Palais'' of free equals--the best knights--with clear parallels to the Round Table. "Thus the romance would trace back the model of ideal civilization that it proposes, a model also for the orders of chivalry created from the 14th century onwards, to a legendary origin where the glory of Alexander is united with the fame of Arthur." (Voicu 2003,2014)
An elaborate frame story tells how the "Greek" manuscript was discovered by count William of Hainault in a cabinet at “Burtimer” Abbey; in the same cabinet was deposited a crown, which the count sent to king Edward.
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