Editing Knight-errant (section)

==Romance==
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[[File:Yvainlion.JPG|right|thumb|"Yvain rescues the lion", from Garrett MS 125, an illustrated manuscript of [[Chrétien de Troyes]]' ''[[Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion]]'', dated to {{Circa|1295}}]]
A knight-errant typically performed all his deeds in the name of a lady, and invoked her name before performing an exploit.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} In more sublimated forms of knight-errantry, pure moralist idealism rather than romantic inspiration motivated the knight-errant (as in the case of Sir [[Galahad]]). Such a knight might well be outside the structure of [[feudalism]], wandering solely to perform noble exploits (and perhaps to find a lord to give his service to), but might also be in service to a king or lord, traveling either in pursuit of a specific duty that his overlord charged him with, or to put down evildoers in general. This [[quest]] sends a knight on adventures much like the ones of a knight in search of them, as he happens on the same marvels. In ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'', St. George is sent to rescue Una's parents' kingdom from a dragon, and Guyon has no such quest, but both knights encounter perils and adventures.

In the romances, his adventures frequently included greater foes than other knights, including [[Giant (mythology)|giant]]s, [[Magician (paranormal)|enchantress]]es, or [[dragon]]s. They may also gain help that is out of ordinary. Sir [[Ywain]] assisted a lion against a serpent, and was thereafter accompanied by it, becoming the [[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion|Knight of the Lion]]. Other knights-errant have been assisted by [[wild man of the wood|wild men of the woods]], as in ''[[Valentine and Orson]]'', or, like [[Guillaume de Palerme]], by wolves that were, in fact, enchanted princes.