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Chart of major Influences up to current studies

Here is a small flow chart that I have been working on to display how some of the major works have depended on each other for influence as well as others that have developed independently.  You will (later on) see that after Geoffrey of Monmouth and Chretien de Troyes, the works really begin to explode with a high concentration of works in a short period.  Enjoy!


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  1. gammagurlJanuary 26, 2018 at 2:44 PM

    This is awesome. Concept Map/Flow chart is very useful to us visual learners. Great tool. Thans.

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