"[78] Arthur and his retinue appear in some of the Lais of Marie de France,[80] but it was the work of another French poet, Chrétien de Troyes, that had the greatest influence with regard to the above development of the character of Arthur and his legend.[81] Chrétien wrote five Arthurian romances between c. 1170 and 1190. ... However, the most significant for the development of the Arthurian legend are Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, which introduces Lancelot and his adulterous relationship with Arthur's queen (Guinevere), extending and popularising the recurri...

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