Estoire del Saint Graal

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Estoire del Saint Graal is an Old French prose romance that serves as a prequel to the Arthurian legends, recounting the origins and early history of the Holy Grail and its coming to Britain.

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Surface form Occurrences
Lancelot-Grail cycle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance
Grail romance
Old French prose romance
medieval literary work
associatedLegendaryCycle Matter of Britain GENERATED
associatedWithCharacter Bron (the Rich Fisher) NERFINISHED
Joseph of Arimathea NERFINISHED
King Arthur NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
dateOfComposition early 13th century
followsInNarrative events of the New Testament
genre Arthurian literature
prose romance
influenced Middle English Grail literature
later Arthurian Grail narratives
influencedBy Christian apocryphal traditions
earlier Grail legends
language Old French
literaryForm prose
literaryTradition French Arthurian prose cycles NERFINISHED
mainSubject Christian legend
Holy Grail NERFINISHED
coming of the Grail to Britain
origins of the Grail
manuscriptTradition widely transmitted in medieval manuscripts
narrativeFocus early history of the Holy Grail
mission of Grail bearers to Britain
narrativePerspective Christian didactic perspective
narrativeRole foundational history for the Grail in Arthurian legend
partOf Lancelot-Grail Cycle NERFINISHED
Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED
positionInSeries first branch of the Vulgate Cycle
prequelTo Lancelot en prose NERFINISHED
Mort Artu NERFINISHED
Queste del Saint Graal NERFINISHED
primaryTheme divine providence in the history of Britain
sacred history of the Grail
relatedWork Lancelot en prose NERFINISHED
Mort Artu NERFINISHED
Queste del Saint Graal NERFINISHED
religiousContext Christianity
religiousTheme conversion of Britain to Christianity
sacred lineage of Grail keepers
setting Britain NERFINISHED
Holy Land NERFINISHED
title Estoire del Saint Graal NERFINISHED
titleLanguage Old French
translatedTitle History of the Holy Grail NERFINISHED

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King Ban of Benwick appearsIn Estoire del Saint Graal
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle
Vulgate Cycle hasPart Estoire del Saint Graal