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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Logres appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Percival appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
Percival appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
The Lady of the Lake appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
The Lady of the Lake appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Gorlois of Cornwall literarySource Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: French Vulgate Cycle
Morgause appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
scabbard of Excalibur mentionedIn Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: French Vulgate Cycle
scabbard of Excalibur relatedWork Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle
Sir Tristram appearsIn Vulgate Cycle
this entity surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle