Lancelot was one of four Arthurian Romances written by the twelfth century poet Chrétien de Troyes about 1170. Chrétien borrowed the story of Arthur from celtic mythology and set his legendary court in his time. This work was originally written in French and was translated by W.W. Comfort into English in 1914. Comfort introduces the literary landscape of the French poet de Troyes in order to reveal how much those of the Round Table were steeped in a chivalric code, which was more idealistic than realistic, but still fascinates nonetheless.