Marie De France's 12 Lais

Very little is known about Marie de France. It is known that her name is Marie and that she is from France although she spent a good portion of her life in England. Marie de France is attributed with three works Lais, the Fables, and St. Patrick’s Purgatory. The Lais are short narrative poems that are written in poetic verse. Marie wrote twelve Lais, short amorous tales. They are of noble lovers going through critical situations and incidents. The Lais created the style “Breton Lai.” Milun is the ninth lai in a collection called The Lais of Marie de France. It tells a story of Milun, a great knight with unmatched, who fell in love with a Baron’s daughter. Milun and the noblewomen begin having a love affair. Like most affairs there are consequences