Benoît de Sainte-More


Benoît de Sainte-More

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Benoît de Sainte-Maure

(bĕnwä` də săNt–môr`), 1154–73, French trouvère. He was the author of the Roman de Troie, a romance in 30,000 verses. It became a primary source of medieval versions of the Trojan legend, notably the story of Troilus and CressidaTroilus and Cressida
, a medieval romance distantly related to characters in Greek legend. Troilus, a Trojan prince (son of Priam and Hecuba), fell in love with Cressida (Chryseis), daughter of Calchas.
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. At the order of Henry II of England, Benoît also wrote a rhymed Chronique des ducs de Normandie.