Which statement best describes Marie de France?

a. patron of Chrétien de Troyes and inspiration of the Arthur romances
b. greatest female writer of the medieval romances called lais
c. wife to a French and an English king, queen of southern France
d. idealized love of Dante in his Divine Comedy


Answer: b

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