The young beautiful woman was married to an old jealous man who imprisoned her in an enclosure with one entry that was guarded at all times of the day and night. She was attended by the man’s niece and spent her days inside surrounded by paintings of Venus, contemplating love. While hunting Guigemar is wounded and cursed until he finds a woman that he will suffer for. He wanders off finding his way to a ship which leads him to the shore where the lady was imprisoned. The two meet and is immediately struck with a pain of love for each other. Unlike in Yonec, Guigemar turned to God when asking the lady to take mercy on him and love him: “My lady, in God’s name, have mercy on me” (50). When he did she granted him her love with no delay as she knew that God was blessing their relationship and her decision to be adulterous. As stated before because she was in a marriage that was possessive and unhappy, God and the church grants the affair as valid. After spending a year and a half together, the women has a premonition that they will be discovered. Grieved, they vow to never be untrue unless another can defeat the tests set by each other. That day they are discovered by one of the lord’s spies and lord breaks in on them planning on killing Guigemar. Instead he allows to board the ship back to his homeland. As a result of her adulterous behavior, the lord imprisons the lady in dark-hued marble tower. Ultimately, Guigemar and lady are reunited and are able to live together as
The young beautiful woman was married to an old jealous man who imprisoned her in an enclosure with one entry that was guarded at all times of the day and night. She was attended by the man’s niece and spent her days inside surrounded by paintings of Venus, contemplating love. While hunting Guigemar is wounded and cursed until he finds a woman that he will suffer for. He wanders off finding his way to a ship which leads him to the shore where the lady was imprisoned. The two meet and is immediately struck with a pain of love for each other. Unlike in Yonec, Guigemar turned to God when asking the lady to take mercy on him and love him: “My lady, in God’s name, have mercy on me” (50). When he did she granted him her love with no delay as she knew that God was blessing their relationship and her decision to be adulterous. As stated before because she was in a marriage that was possessive and unhappy, God and the church grants the affair as valid. After spending a year and a half together, the women has a premonition that they will be discovered. Grieved, they vow to never be untrue unless another can defeat the tests set by each other. That day they are discovered by one of the lord’s spies and lord breaks in on them planning on killing Guigemar. Instead he allows to board the ship back to his homeland. As a result of her adulterous behavior, the lord imprisons the lady in dark-hued marble tower. Ultimately, Guigemar and lady are reunited and are able to live together as