Idylls of the King and Enid", of the "Mabinogion". Geraint, tributary prince of Devon and one of Arthur's bravest knights, is married to Enid, the only daughter of Yniol. He loves his wife deeply and she responds with equal affection; her only wish is to please him. At this time, the first rumours about Lancelot and Guinevere begin to spread throughout the court, but as yet there is no proof that any romance really exists. Geraint believes the stories and begins to fear that Enid will follow the bad example of her friend, the queen. His worries begin to plague him and he finally
Palamedes (romance) Palamedes (romance) Palamedes is a 13th-century French Arthurian prose Chivalric romance. Named for King Arthur's Saracen knight Palamedes, it is set in the time before the rise of Arthur, and relates the exploits of the parents of various Arthurian heroes. The work was very popular, but now exists largely in fragmentary form. The "Palamedes" romance in French was composed between 1235 and 1240 and survives in about 40 manuscripts. It was reworked as part of the vast "Compilation" of Rustichello da Pisa with additional material. In the prologue to the original work, the author says that he has named the