Gautier d'Arras

Gautier d' Arras (* 1135, † 1189 ) is an old French poet Chrétien de Troyes and contemporary. He lived 1170-1185 at the court of Blois and left behind two novels, Eracle and Ille et Galreon, which he founded Theobald V of Blois and Beatrix of Burgundy, the second wife of Frederick Barbarossa, was dedicated.

The verse novel Eracle, 1176-1181 published in 6593 pairs rhymed eight Silver, describes the history of the Byzantine emperor Heraclius and his adulterous wife. Similarly, the historical figure, is also the hero of the novel King of Constantinople Opel, fights the king of the Persians and wins back the Holy Cross. In addition to the historical events, the novel contains a not insignificant share of wonderful items that are enhanced by the oriental environment.

In his major work Ille et Galeron Gautier treated in 6592 pairs rhymed eight Silver the theme of standing between two women man. " The Byzantine behavior patterns of the type love - Separation - Search - recovery will be played here twice.

The theme is very similar to the Lai d' Éliduc of Marie de France. In addition, in the novel Gautier Ille is the son of a person named Éliduc. Several researchers suggest, therefore, that this work was directly inspired by the Lai of the poet.

Expenditure

• G. Raynaud De Lage (ed.), Gautier d' Arras: ERACLE. Paris 1976.
• FAG Cowper (ed.): Ille et Galeron par Gautier d' Arras. Paris 1956.
• Y. Lefèvre (ed.), Gautier d' Arras: Ille et Galeron. Paris 1988.
• Karen Pratt (Eds.), Gautier d' Arras: Eracle. Londres, King's college 2007.