Queste del Saint Graal

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Arthurian romance Holy Grail narrative Old French prose romance medieval literary work

Queste del Saint Graal is a 13th-century Old French prose romance that recounts the spiritual quest of King Arthur’s knights for the Holy Grail, emphasizing mystical and religious themes.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Quest for the Holy Grail 4
quest for the Holy Grail 2
Holy Grail quest 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance ⓘ
Holy Grail narrative ⓘ
Old French prose romance ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
approximateDate c. 1220–1230 ⓘ
associatedOrder Cistercians NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralObject Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 13th century ⓘ
contrastWith more secular Arthurian romances ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
emphasis moral perfection ⓘ
mystical experiences ⓘ
visionary revelations ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Galahad NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lancelot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perceval NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Arthurian literature ⓘ
prose romance ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
influenced Le Morte Darthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
later Grail literature ⓘ
language Old French ⓘ
literaryCycle Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryFunction spiritualization of Arthurian legend ⓘ
mainTheme Christian mysticism ⓘ
asceticism ⓘ
chivalry and spirituality ⓘ
divine grace ⓘ
spiritual purification ⓘ
manuscriptTradition multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ
moralCriterion chastity ⓘ
faith ⓘ
obedience to God ⓘ
narrativeFocus quest for the Holy Grail ⓘ
narrativeMode allegorical ⓘ
didactic ⓘ
partOf Lancelot-Grail cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
portraysCharacterAs Galahad as perfect knight ⓘ
portraysGrailAs symbol of divine presence ⓘ
relatedWork Lancelot en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mort Artu NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrientation Christian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cistercian-influenced ⓘ
setting King Arthur's court NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure prose narrative ⓘ
titleInOriginalLanguage La Queste del Saint Graal NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Vulgate Cycle → hasPart → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
Logres (legendary kingdom) → associatedWith → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
subject surface form: Logres
this entity surface form: Holy Grail quest
Christianity (legendary) → associatedWith → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quest for the Holy Grail
Sir Bors → quest → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quest for the Holy Grail
Sir Galahad → quest → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quest for the Holy Grail
Percival → notableFor → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: quest for the Holy Grail
Wolfram von Eschenbach → ParzivalTheme → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: quest for the Holy Grail
The Ill-Made Knight → hasSubplot → Queste del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quest for the Holy Grail