Was Equitan a king?
Plot summary Equitan, the king of Nantes, falls in love with the beautiful wife of his seneschal. The king tells her that she is his only love, and that he would marry her if not for her husband.
Was Equitan chivalrous?
Although Equitan had said that he was a man who upheld chivalry, throughout the story he lusts, lies, and takes his knight’s wife for his own. This shows the good side of chivalry where the knights respected each other and good duels.
