Question

In a story by this author, a jealous husband kills a nightingale and throws its bloody corpse onto his wife’s chest. The Strengleikar (STRENG-“lay”-“car”) consists of Norse translations of this poet. The protagonist of a story by this author is accused of loving boys for concealing his tryst with a woman resting in a pavilion topped with a (15[1])golden eagle. This author used the image of honeysuckle intertwined with hazel to depict the adulterous relationship of (*) Tristan and Isolde. This protagonist (10[1])of Lauren (10[1])Groff’s (10[2]-5[1])Matrix wrote a story in (10[1])which a baroness’s descendants are born (10[1])without noses after hers is (10[1])bitten off by a (10[3])werewolf. This woman, who may have (10[1])written at the (10[1])court of England’s (-5[1])Henry (10[1])II, authored (10[2]-5[1])Bisclavret (BEES-clah-“vray”), Lanval, (10[1])and Chevrefoil (SHEH-vruh-fwah). (10[1])For 10 points, name this 12th-century poet who wrote a number (0[1])of (10[1])Breton lais ■END■

ANSWER: Marie de France [prompt on de France] (The lead-in refers to the Lay of Laüstic.)
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