User:Flobbadob/La Mule Sans Frein

La Mule sans Frein ('The Mule without a Bridle') is a French,Arthurian romance in verse of 1,136 lines by the poet Paien de Maisieres,dating from the early 13th century.Its author called his work La Demoiselle a la Mure ('The Damsel with the Mule') but it is more widely known under the title that encapsulates best its subject matter,the bridle of the title being of crucial importance to the plot of this tale hinging on the disputing of an inheritance by two sisters. Scholarly opinion inclines to the view that the poet may well have been writing under a pseudonym that is a deliberate,antonymic parody of the name of the Champenois author Chretien de Troyes i.e. 'Pagan of Maisieres' contrasted with 'Christian of Troyes'.