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Page 21 of 949

  • 15 - Arthur in the Medieval Low Countries

  • from Part II - Arthurian Literary Developments
  • Edited by Raluca L. Radulescu, Bangor University, Wales, Andrew Lynch, The University of Western Australia
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Arthurian Literature and Culture
    Published online:
    12 January 2026
    Print publication:
    19 February 2026, pp 321-339

  • Summary

    Middle Dutch Arthurian romances often are translated from French sources, yet Flemish and Dutch poets also created their own Arthurian tales. What do these ‘Dutch originals’ contribute to European Arthuriana? They may, with a modern term, be seen as ‘speculative fiction’, exploring new and unexpected narrative possibilities. The source issue of the Torec romance and its meaning for the French tradition is discussed first, followed by an explanation of what speculative fiction entails. Three examples then demonstrate the ‘What if…?’ nature of the Middle Dutch Arthurian tales: (1) the threefold, rather than single, quest in the Roman van Walewein, (2) the appearance of, and reactions to, a black-skinned knight in the Arthurian setting (Moriaen), and (3) the experiment of creating a cyclic narrative from different kinds of romances (originating in prose and verse), with special attention to the development of the (emotional) self of main characters like Lancelot and Gawain in the consecutive stories of the cycle.

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