Talk:List of poets (600-1600)

Which of the 12thC authors I know of (in english translations without meter) actually get called poets - Chretien_De_Troyes, Marie_de_France, (are lais told in poetry?, must read some soon), Wace (the last translation i tried to read was so bad, that I hope the original was poetry). When does someone stop being a poet and become just an author. hmm