Escanor Legend
Escanor: An Arthurian Romance of Love and Arms
A 13th-century Arthurian romance by Girart d’Amiens, now in English.A story of honour, pride, love, and deeds tested in the court of King Arthur.A forgotten Arthurian romance for readers drawn to legend, fantasy, and medieval literature.
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The Name Escanor
The name Escanor carries the weight of legend.It belongs to the older world of Arthurian romance: a world of courts, knights, honour, rivalry, love, reputation, and deeds of arms.In the 13th century, Girart d’Amiens composed Escanor, an Old French tale set within the legendary world of King Arthur.This translation returns the romance to modern readers, as part of an older tradition of heroic names, tested honour, and enduring legend.
The Romance
In medieval literature, a romance was not simply a love story.It was a tale of knights, courts, honour, rivalry, danger, loyalty, and reputation — a world where men and women are tested by what they say, what they promise, and what they prove before others.Escanor belongs to that Arthurian tradition. Set around the court of King Arthur, it moves through love, pride, conflict, and deeds of arms, where reputation is never private and honour must be defended in public.At its heart is the old romance question: what does a name truly mean until it has been proven?
About the Translation
Escanor is a 13th-century Old French Arthurian romance by Girart d’Amiens, translated into English by G. J. Marshall.This translation draws on the nineteenth-century printed edition published in 1886, while aiming to preserve the romance’s courtly tone, legendary atmosphere, and medieval character for modern readers.
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