The monograph is a historical-literary and at the same time systemic-typological study of the medieval French novel. Using a large amount of factual material, the author traces the history of the chivalric romance, and along with popular monuments (Thomas, Chretien de Troyes, etc.), little-known and previously little-studied works are explored.

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Mikhailov A. D. French chivalric romance and questions of typology of the genre in medieval literature. M., “Science”, 1976. 351 p. with illus. Editor-in-chief N. I. BALASHOV