Well, methinks Chrétien de Troyes probably has the best heroines: read Yonec, if you haven't [0]. I really like Marie de France's writings but most of her heroines are quite drippy.
[0] Whether I could still remember _any_ Old French to translate that . . . . . college was a _long_ time ago :-o
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on 2009-01-08 12:18 pm (UTC)[0] Whether I could still remember _any_ Old French to translate that . . . . . college was a _long_ time ago :-o