Prys was rich in connotations, appearing frequently in French chansons de geste and medieval romances. It embodies knightly worthiness on a number of levels. A knight who has prys is loyal, brave, polite, courtly, proud, refined in taste, and perhaps a bit foolhardy and arrogant, quick to ...
Les Manuscrits piques : Codicologie, Paléographie, Typologie de la Copie, Variantes We here survey problems in dating chanson de geste manuscripts, taking into account earlier critics, editions that accept dating of earliest scholars uncritically and those who collate earlier information about manuscrip...