Browse Romances

Amoryus and Cleopes

1449

Form: Seven-line rhyme royal stanzas

Conversion, Dreams, Education, Ekphrasis, Forest, Garden, Heraldry, Marriage, Monster, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Supernatural, The Orient, Tournament, Urban Spaces

Arthour and Merline

1250-1300

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Conquest, Conversion, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Cheuelere Assigne

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Accused Queen, Animal, Education, Familial Discord, Forest, Foundlings, Heraldry, Marriage, Multiple Births, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Treachery

Emaré

Late fourteenth-century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Monster, Penance, Rome, Steward, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

Gamelyn

c. 1350-70

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Disguise, Education, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Friendship, Garden, Marriage, Merchants, Quest, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, The Orient, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Travel

Gest Historiale of the Destruction of Troy

Second half of the fourteenth century

Form: Unrhymed alliterative verse

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Foundlings, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Quest, Rape, Rome, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, The Third Estate, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

Havelok the Dane

End of the thirteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Hunting, Jerusalem, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Other-world, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Ipomadon

Late fourteenth to mid-fifteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Bedchamber, Disguise, Education, Exile, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Treachery

Jeaste of Sir Gawain

Second half of the fifteenth century

Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Disease, Education, Ekphrasis, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Monster, Other-world, Penance, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Supernatural, Tournament

King Alisaunder

Early fourteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Siege, Steward, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel

King Horn

Last part of the thirteenth century

Form: Rhyming couplets

Bedchamber, Conquest, Conversion, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Foundlings, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Religious Figures, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Tokens of Recognition, Travel, Treachery

King of Tars

Early fourteenth century

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Accused Queen, Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Education, Ekphrasis, Familial Discord, Marriage, Military Combat, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient

Libeaus Desconus

c. 1325-50

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Bedchamber, Education, Familial Discord, Foundlings, Incest, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Multiple Births, Penance, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters

Merlin

1420s

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Disease, Disguise, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Heraldry, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Pilgrimage, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Third Estate, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Octavian

c. 1350

Form: Six-line tail-rhyme stanzas, Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Bedchamber, Education, Ekphrasis, Forest, Foundlings, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Mistaken Identity, Penance, Quest, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Steward, The Third Estate, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Roland and Vernagu

before 1330

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Bedchamber, Conversion, Disguise, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Other-world, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, The Orient, Tournament, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces

Seege or Batayle of Troye

1300-25

Form: Rhyming couplets

Animal, Bedchamber, Conquest, Crusade, Education, Ekphrasis, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Hunting, Incest, Marriage, Military Combat, Monster, Other-world, Penance, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, The Orient, Travel, Treachery

Sir Eglamour of Artois

c. 1350

Form: Twelve-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Education, Forest, Foundlings, Heraldry, Incest, Marriage, Merchants, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Rape, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Secular Spaces, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament

Sir Tristrem

Late thirteenth century

Form: Eleven-line tail-rhyme stanzas

Animal, Crusade, Disguise, Education, Forest, Friendship, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Quest, Saracen, Secular Spaces, Siege, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Urban Spaces

Song of Roland

c. 1400

Form: Rhyming couplets

Accused Queen, Bedchamber, Disease, Disguise, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Forest, Friendship, Garden, Heraldry, Hunting, Marriage, Merchants, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Monster, Pilgrimage, Quest, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Steward, Supernatural, Tokens of Recognition, Tournament, Travel, Treachery

Titus and Vespasian

1375-1400

Form: Rhyming couplets

Cannibalism, Conquest, Conversion, Disease, Disguise, Dreams, Education, Exile, Familial Discord, Foundlings, Friendship, Incest, Jerusalem, Marriage, Military Combat, Mistaken Identity, Pilgrimage, Quest, Religious Figures, Religious Spaces, Rome, Sacrament, Secular Spaces, Sexual Encounters, Siege, Steward, Supernatural, Travel, Treachery, Urban Spaces