Abstract
This thesis is principally a chronological study of
Tristan's lyrical poetry - a facet of his work dealt with
only very fleetingly in Bernardin's thesis of 1395 - in the
light of the revival of interest in, and re-evaluation of
French poetry of the period. We have had, however, to
include also a certain amount of Biographical material: firstly,
"because a knowledge of the circumstances of the poet's life
is essential to the dating and understanding of his works;
secondly, Because we disagree on certain points with Bernardin's
findings; and lastly Because Professor Adam had sought, in
his 1935 thesis on Theophile, to demolish our predecessor's
account of the first twenty years of Tristan's life.
