Aucassin aime Nicolette. Nicolette aime Aucassin. Mais le fils du comte de Beaucaire ne peut épouser une captive sarrasine. Leur amour est si fort que même les murs de la tour où l’on a enfermé la belle ne peuvent séparer longtemps les deux amants. Car l’ingéniosité de Nicolette et la fidélité d’Aucassin auront raison du destin qui leur était tracé.

Aucassin et Nicolette

Aucassin et Nicolette is a medieval French chantefable, or combination of prose and verse (literally, a "sung story"), similar to a prosimetrum. It is the only known chantefable from what was once a very popular literary tradition, and it is from this work the term chantefable was coined in its concluding lines: "No cantefable prent fin" ("Our chantefable is drawing to a close"). Stylistically, the chantefable combines elements of the chanson de geste (e. g., The Song of Roland), lyric poems, and courtly novels-literary forms already well-established by the twelfth century. The work probably dates from the early 13th century, and is known from only one surviving manuscript dating from the later part of the century. The work's authorship is unknown. It is generally considered a roman d'adventure, or a romantic work of action and adventure.

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