…English channel to the Persian Gulf and to the sea of Japan, the one song was variously ringing: the liege man of love. Chrétien de Troyes was one of the great troubadours of this new song. He was the court poet to Marie De champagne, who ruled as the…

…is the name I couldn't think of a couple of minutes ago. Her court poet was chrétien of Troyes, or Christian of Troyes, Chrétien de Troyes in old French you don't say wa you say oi Troyes. Chrétien begins writing at the end of the 12th century you can…