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    In the tenth century a certain English abbot found refuge from his political enemies in a Flemish abbey. As a token of gratitude the abbot left behind a manuscript that some two centuries later was transmitted by the Count of Flanders to a North-French court poet of his. This author used the document as a source for a famous Arthurian romance. Who was that poet and what is the title of the story?

    Question #81536. Asked by Flem-ish. (Jun 05 07 3:24 PM)


    peasypod

    		This could well be about 'Abbot Dunstan' and his travels to Ghent. After he returned to Glastonbury, his manuscript left behind in St. Peter's Abbey, arose into the hands of Chrétien de Troyes, where 'Perceval ou le conte del Graal' became basis for 'King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table'.

    http://www4.gent.be/gent/english/history/international.htm

    Jun 05 07, 4:08 PM
    Flem-ish

    		Right you are and the St. Peter's Abbey is now a local
    cultural centre where prestigious exhibitions have been held the last few decades. The Count was Philip of Alsace.

    Jun 05 07, 10:17 PM

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