Chapter «Et un vergier qui fu de pris / i avoit d’eve et d’air enclos». Giardini incantati nell’Erec et Enide e nel Lai de l’oiselet (e altrove)

Abstract

The author investigates the implications underlying the reprise of the enchanted garden as the setting for the story narrated in the Lai de l’oiselet and the final duel in Chrétien de Troyes’ Erec et Enide. Through comparison with other works, the main reason for this reprise is found in the character that the vergier takes on as an ‘other’ dimension, functional to the promotion of harmony between love, chivalry and community.