Vulgate Cycle

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The Vulgate Cycle is a 13th-century French prose collection of Arthurian romances that greatly expanded the legends of King Arthur, Merlin, and the Holy Grail and became a major source for later Arthurian literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian prose cycle ⓘ
French literature ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
surface form: Lancelot-Grail Cycle

Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
surface form: Prose Lancelot Cycle
chronologicalPosition precedes Post-Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
circulation widely copied in medieval manuscripts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dateOfComposition 13th century ⓘ
developsMotif Lancelot and Guinevere’s love affair ⓘ
fall of Camelot ⓘ
quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ
expandsLegendOf Holy Grail ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
Merlin ⓘ
focusesOnCharacter King Arthur ⓘ
Sir Lancelot ⓘ
surface form: Lancelot

Merlin ⓘ
focusesOnObject Holy Grail ⓘ
genre Arthurian romance ⓘ
prose romance ⓘ
hasPart Estoire de Merlin ⓘ
Estoire del Saint Graal ⓘ
Lancelot propre ⓘ
Mort Artu ⓘ
Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
influenced German Arthurian tradition ⓘ
Iberian Arthurian tradition ⓘ
Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur

Vulgate Cycle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

later Arthurian literature ⓘ
medieval English Arthurian tradition ⓘ
language Old French ⓘ
literaryTradition Matter of Britain ⓘ
mainTheme Christian spirituality ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
notableCharacter Sir Galahad ⓘ
surface form: Galahad

Gawain ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
surface form: Guinevere

Perceval ⓘ
period High Middle Ages ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
setting King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot

Logres ⓘ
sourceFor later prose Tristan narratives ⓘ
structure interconnected prose romances ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merlin → notableAppearance → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
King Arthur's court → literarySource → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
King Arthur's court → literarySource → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Sir Lancelot → originatesFrom → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Arthurian romances
Sir Lancelot → firstMajorWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle
Sir Lancelot → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle
Sir Lancelot → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Queen Guinevere → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Queen Guinevere → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Arthurian legend → majorSource → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Arthurian legend → majorSource → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Morgan le Fay → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Morgan le Fay → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Bedivere → featuredIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Arthurian romances
Excalibur → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Excalibur → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
King of Britain → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
King of Britain → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Mordred → appearsInWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Mordred → appearsInWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Vulgate Cycle → alsoKnownAs → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Vulgate Cycle → alsoKnownAs → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prose Lancelot Cycle
Vulgate Cycle → influenced → Vulgate Cycle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Carduel → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old French Arthurian romances
Carduel → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian prose romances
Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances → influenced → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
King Ban of Benwick → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
King Ban of Benwick → relatedWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Logres (legendary kingdom) → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
subject surface form: Logres
this entity surface form: French Arthurian prose cycles
Logres (legendary kingdom) → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
subject surface form: Logres
Logres (legendary kingdom) → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
subject surface form: Logres
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Sir Bors → originatesFrom → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Arthurian romances
Sir Bors → prominentInWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Sir Bors → prominentInWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Nimue → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vulgate Cycle (in some versions)
Nimue → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle (in some versions)
Sword in the Stone → appearsInWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Sword in the Stone → appearsInWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Battle of Camlann → relatedWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Geoffrey of Monmouth (literary consolidation) → influenced → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian romances
Sir Galahad → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Sir Galahad → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Agravain → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Agravain → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Gaheris → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
Gaheris → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Rustichello da Pisa → notableWork → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compilation of Arthurian romances
Logres → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Arthurian prose cycles
Logres → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ