This is first and foremost a medieval romance - the genre comprised of fictional works of chivalry and adventure, often composed in prose as well as in verse, with some of the earliest being poetic works closely resembling the verse epics of Ancient Greece and Rome in both form and content.

These narrative fictions represent the adventures and values of the aristocracy - yet the Romance of Gillion reads like a modern day soap opera, as our hero embarks on one adventure after the next, from one mishap to the next.

The Adventures of Gillion Trazegnies is highly entertaining and a must for those who have an interest not only in medieval manuscripts but also in the literature of the times.