The Castle of Ladies

by Constance B. Hieatt, Norman Laliberté (Illustrator)

A story of Sir Gawain and the Castle of Ladies based on certain episodes in the grail romances of Chrestien de Troyes and Wolfram von Eschenbach.

74 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1973

About the author

Constance Bartlett Hieatt was an American/Canadian scholar with a broad interest in medieval languages and literatures, including Old Norse literature, Anglo-Saxon prosody and literature, and Middle English language, literature, and culture. She was an editor and translator of Karlamagnús saga, of Beowulf, and a scholar of Geoffrey Chaucer. She was particularly known as one of the world's foremost experts in English medieval cooking and cookbooks, and authored and co-authored a number of important books considered essential publications in the field. She died on December 29, 2011 in Essex, CT at the age of 83 years.