Influenced by the Annalist French historians as well as by Erich Köhler's sociology of literature, work on this topic has produced interesting studies of medieval mentalities, prejudices, and beliefs that Chrétien's romances seem to reflect. Equally revealing have been studies of the nobility and chivalry as these are reflected in his romances, as well as how Chrétien seems to correct or ignore historical realities – for example, the place of marriage, lineage, and feudalism in his imaginary Arthurian world.

a: Political, Economic, Social, and Legal History

1 Wilmotte, Maurice, L'Evolution du roman français […]

See also ‘L'évolution du roman français aux environs de 1150,’ Académie Royale de Belgique: Bulletins de la Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques et de la Classe des Beaux-Arts (1903), pp. 323–79, 475–83.

8 Bezzola, Reto R., Les Origines […]

See also Payen, M., Les Origines de la courtoisie dans la littérature française médiévale, 2 vols (Paris: Centre de Documentation Universitaire, 1966–67).

See vol. 1, pp. 24–25, and vol. 2, pp. 26–40.

15 Benton, John F., ‘The Court of Champagne […]’ Repr. in Dc16.

See also Patricia Danz Stirnemann, ‘Quelques bibliothèques princières et la production hors scriptorium au XIIe siècle,’ Bulletin Archéologique du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, n. s. 17–18A (1984), 7–38, esp. ‘La bibliothèque de Henri le Libéral, comte de Champagne (1127–1181),’ pp. 21–29, and ‘La bibliothèque de Marie, comtesse de Champagne, femme de Henri le Libéral (1138–1198),’ pp. 31–36.