By his contemporaries, Raoul de Houdenc was 'mentioned in the same
breath as Chretien de Troyes as one of the masters of French
poetry' (Keith Busby, The New Arthurian Encyclopaedia). The writers
of later romances deemed Raoul's work worthy of memory on a par
with the Prose Lancelot, and placed Raoul and Chretien on the same
level in terms of authority. Raoul de Houdenc was a major and
innovative figure in 13th-century French literature. His surviving
works are unusually diverse: they include an impassioned tract
about the values of chivalry (The Romance of the Wings), two
superbly crafted Arthurian romances (Meraugis of Portlesguez and
The Avenging of Raguidel), and a swingeing polemic against
declining standards especially among the bourgeoisie (The Burgess's
Burgeoning Blight). And with his hugely influential satire The
Dream of Hell he was the very first to compose allegory in the
vernacular, mastering to perfection the art of parody and the
unexpected. After a long period of neglect Raoul is finally
receiving the scholarly attention he deserves, and this is the
first translation into English of his complete surviving works. The
Avenging of Raguidel 'must surely be counted as one of the most
fascinating and innovative of the French Gawain romances' - Norris
J. Lacy.
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