The Tale of Jaufre

This is the final episode, in which all the remaining loose ends are tidied up, and Jaufre and Brunissen receive some unexpected gifts. For more information about this episode, and all of the others, please go to my blog at www.annelister.com.  David Yardley's website is at www.davidyardleymusic.com - and I can thoroughly recommend it.

Jaufre, Brunissen and Melian travel to Carduel, so that Arthur and Guilalmier can preside over the wedding.  There is an unexpected interruption to the celebrations, however....

This episode contains two "chapters" from the story. First of all, Brunissen wants to have her plans approved by Melian de Monmelior, and uses her guile and charm to get what she wants.  In the next chapter, they are on their way to King Arthur's court when a truly unexpected and somewhat shocking event occurs.  

An episode with no combats, no opponents, and no conflict of any kind, except of course the battle of emotions within the heart! In this episode, Jaufre rides back, first to the castle of Augier d'Eixart, and then to Monbrun, where the beautiful and somewhat impatient Brunissen is awaiting news from her seneschal. This episode includes the hauntingly beautiful statement of love made by Jaufre, set to music and sung by David Yardley.

In this episode, Jaufre finally comes face to face with Taulat de Rogimon, and avenges the insult to King Arthur and his queen. It is, however, very far from being the end of the Tale of Jaufre, as you will see.

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Jaufre has been told by Augier d'Eixart where he needs to go to find the information he's seeking about Taulat de Rogimon.  In Chapter 9, he finds his way there and discovers more. He then needs to wait for a week, and so he takes a side trip into a forest, where he has some surprising encounters (Chapter 10). Finally in Chapter 11, on his way back to Rogimon, he is needed to rescue a former acquaintance.

This episode includes the short chapter 7 and the longer chapter 8. Jaufre continues on his search for Taulat de Rogimon, having left the castle of Monbrun in the middle of the night. Although he has fallen in love with the beautiful Brunissen, he is terrified by the apparently irrational violent grief and mourning that he has witnessed, and asking about it simply seems to exacerbate the anger of the mourners. Now he is once again trying to find Taulat, and he encounters some extremely friendly and welcoming people along the way. 

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In this episode, Jaufre tries to sleep in a garden and has a very important meeting. 

Jaufre encounters another adventure on his way to find Taulat. It involves rescuing a maiden - or does she eventually rescue him? For background information to this episode, please visit my blog at my website (www.annelister.com).  Warning: some violence.

Jaufre is still on his quest but comes across another unpleasant character.  Warning: some violence.

This episode contains chapters 2 and 3 of the Tale of Jaufre.  Jaufre has set out on his quest and on the way encounters Estout de Verfeuil, and finds a mysterious white lance.  A warning - there is some violence in this episode, and some decidedly 13th century morality.

This is the first episode of "The Tale of Jaufre", a 13th century story originally written in Occitan for a king of Aragon.  In this first episode, King Arthur has an unexpected adventure, and a young man arrives at court just in time to witness an insult to the king and queen.