Chapter One Erec et Enide : Enide as Magistra Femina in Erec's Chivalric Quest for Spiritual Perfection Chapter Two Cligès , the Phoenix, and the Four Horses of the Apocalypse: Chrétien de Troyes's Oriental Reading of the Medieval Epic and Romance Genres Chapter Three Chrétien de Troyes's Chevalier de la Charrette : A Twelfth-Century History of Patronage? Chapter Four Chrétien de Troyes's Chevalier au Lion An Alchemical Treatise? Chapter Five Maternal Filiation and the Conte du Graal : The Sin of a Lineage Forgotten