 In addition to her defying the construct of love exhibited by the contemporary Church, Marie also influenced a genre that continued to be popular for another 300 years, the medieval romance.By the time Marie was writing her lais, France already had a deep-rooted tradition of the love-lyric, specifically in Provence.Marie's "Lais" represent, in many ways, a transitional genre between Provençal love lyrics from an earlier time and the romance tradition that developed these themes.