Prose Tristan

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Prose Tristan is a 13th-century French prose romance that expands the legend of Tristan and Iseult within the broader Arthurian tradition.

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Surface form Occurrences
Eilhart von Oberg’s Tristrant 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tristan and Iseult narrative
medieval French prose romance
approximateDate mid-13th century
basedOn legend of Tristan and Iseult NERFINISHED
circulation widely disseminated in late Middle Ages
contains adventures of Tristan as Arthurian knight
courtly love motifs
love story of Tristan and Iseult NERFINISHED
material about the Round Table
tournaments and knightly exploits
countryOfOrigin France
expands Tristan legend within Arthurian context
featuresCharacter Gawain NERFINISHED
Iseult NERFINISHED
King Arthur NERFINISHED
King Mark NERFINISHED
Lancelot NERFINISHED
Tristan NERFINISHED
featuresGroup Knights of the Round Table NERFINISHED
genre chivalric literature
romance
hasInfluenceOn Renaissance Arthurian literature
later European Tristan adaptations
hasTheme chivalry
conflict between love and duty
courtly love
loyalty and betrayal
influenced Le Morte d’Arthur NERFINISHED
later Tristan romances
inLanguage French
literaryForm cyclical romance
literaryPeriod 13th century
literaryTradition Matter of Britain NERFINISHED
manuscriptTradition survives in multiple medieval manuscripts
narrativeForm prose
originalLanguage Old French NERFINISHED
partOf Arthurian literary tradition NERFINISHED
relatedWork Post-Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED
Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED
setting Arthurian Britain NERFINISHED

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Sir Tristan appearsIn Prose Tristan
Tristan relatedWork Prose Tristan
this entity surface form: Eilhart von Oberg’s Tristrant
Sir Tristram appearsIn Prose Tristan