Which of the following texts was inspired by Historia Regum Britanniae ?
Correct answer: C. Chretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion
- A. Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- B. Caedmon's Hymn
- C. Chretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Chevalier au Lion
- D. Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Explanation
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae helped establish the Arthurian material that later romance writers developed, including Chrétien de Troyes in Yvain. Bede, Caedmon, and Chaucer’s works do not chiefly derive from that Arthurian history.
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