Hautdesert

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Hautdesert is the fictional castle and estate of Lord Bertilak that serves as the main domestic setting in the Middle English Arthurian romance *Sir Gawain and the Green Knight*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional castle
fictional estate
literary location
alsoKnownAs Bertilak's castle
surface form: Bertilak’s castle
appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
architecturalType medieval castle
associatedWithCharacter Bertilak de Hautdesert
Lady Bertilak
Morgan le Fay
associatedWithManuscript Exeter Book
surface form: Pearl manuscript (British Library Cotton Nero A.x)
countryInFiction England
describedAs castle and estate
firstAppearance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
hasFunctionInNarrative contrast to Arthur’s court at Camelot
testing Gawain’s chivalry
hasThemeAssociation appearance versus reality
hospitality and courtesy
temptation and moral testing
hostTo Gawain
surface form: Sir Gawain
languageOfWork Middle English
locatedInFictionalUniverse Arthurian legend
narrativeLocationRelativeToCamelot distant from Camelot
ownedBy Lord Bertilak
roleInWork main domestic setting
sceneOf Gawain’s acceptance of the green girdle
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
surface form: Gawain’s temptation by Lady Bertilak

exchange-of-winnings game
settingPeriod medieval era
workAuthorshipStatus author anonymous

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

Bertilak de Hautdesert residesIn Hautdesert
Lady Bertilak residesIn Hautdesert