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prowess in battle to his generosity to minstrels to his hospitality to his own household, Degrevant is in fact a worthy custodian of his new family’s line. Their extravagant wedding, attended by Emperors, cardinals, the douze peers of France, the King of Portugal, et al., advances the message of the plot: men of wealth and gentility deserve access to the highest class, but only their own fiercest exertions will enable them to rise in a world where great magnates have the power to ride roughshod over such aspirations. Love does in the romance what royal authority was