Jessie L. (Jessie Laidlay) Weston
Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch
"Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch" is a 14th-century Arthurian romance. This tale follows Morien, a Moorish knight seeking his father Aglovale, one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. Thirteen years after his father abandoned his pregnant mother, Morien journeys to Arthur's court to find him and reclaim their lost inheritance. Encountering legendary knights Lancelot and Gawain, Morien must prove his worth through combat and chivalry despite the fear and prejudice his appearance initially provokes in those he meets.