Four Arthurian Romances·by active 12th century de Troyes ChrétienFour Arthurian Romances: "erec Et Enide", "cligés", "yvain", and "lancelot" by Chrétien de Troyes Fl. 12th Century A.D. Originally written in Old French, sometime in the second half of the 12th Century A.D., by the court poet Chrétien de Troyes.