Vulgate Cycle

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Arthurian prose cycle French literature medieval literary work

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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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Post-Vulgate Cycle	23
Vulgate Cycle canonical	20
French Arthurian romances	3
French Arthurian prose cycles	2
French Vulgate Cycle	2
Lancelot-Grail cycle	2
Arthurian prose romances	1
Compilation of Arthurian romances	1
Lancelot-Grail Cycle	1
Old French Arthurian romances	1
Post-Vulgate Cycle (in some versions)	1
Prose Lancelot Cycle	1
Vulgate Cycle (in some versions)	1
Vulgate Cycle of Arthurian romances	1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

Arthurian legend → majorSource → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

King of Britain → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

Agravain → appearsIn → Vulgate Cycle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Post-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 ⓘ