Enide Enide Enide () is a character in Arthurian romance. She is the wife of Erec in Chrétien de Troyes' "Erec and Enide", and that of Geraint in the Welsh Romance of "Geraint and Enid" (analogous to Chrétien's version). Some scholars believe the French and Welsh tales derive from a lost common source, but it seems more likely "Geraint" derives directly or indirectly from "Erec", though Chrétien may have had a Welsh or Breton source. Enide and Geraint/Erec meet while the hero is on a mission to defeat a cruel knight, and her family provides him with armor and food. They
Treason in Arthurian legend those customary in King Arthur’s court — assuming its existence is founded in more than the legends and fables of medieval romances. The origins of the word treason, as speakers of English would recognize it, date to the 13th century. Indeed, prior to the Treason Act of 1351, there were few laws which outlined comprehensively the legal qualifications for treason, or the appropriate punishments for said crimes. The process of conviction, trial, and sentencing of traitors such as Lancelot or Mordred in Arthurian literature was greatly informed by the very real, very gruesome practices of both French and English courts,