The Pleier's Arthurian Romances: Garel of the Blooming Valley Tandareis & Flordibel Meleranz

The first English translation of three Arthurian romances from the third quarter of the 13th century, by a writer who called himself The Pleier, and wrote in a Bavarian-Austrian dialect of German. He combines a respect for the tradition of the tales with the spirit of a new post-Hehestaufen era. His