Le Tristan de Béroul entre procédure et chevaleriel. The « Tristan » by Béroul: between Judicial Proceedings and Chivalry

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to focuse the analysis on the questions of Law occurring in the Tristan of Béroul ; more precisely, to consider the relations between the feudal pact, the honour code and the procedure of justice. The author is actually playing on several registers, a proof of his knowledge of the practice of justice in the courts of his time, the consequence of that play being an interrogation on the validity of the proof, the oath and more generally on the ambiguity of the Law.

Keywords

• Law
• Justice
• Judicial Proceedings
• Feudal Pact
• Ambiguity
• In flagrante delicto
• Evidence
• Traitor
• Vassal