Béroul’s Tristan
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Béroul’s Tristan is a 12th-century Old French verse romance that presents one of the earliest and most influential versions of the tragic love story of Tristan and Iseult.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tristan and Isolde legend | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old French poem
ⓘ
Tristan and Iseult narrative ⓘ medieval romance ⓘ verse narrative ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 4,000 lines in surviving form ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Anglo-Norman literary milieu ⓘ |
| author | Béroul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| date | 12th century ⓘ |
| genre |
chivalric romance
ⓘ
courtly romance ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
later Tristan romances
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medieval European romance literature ⓘ |
| language | Old French ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative poem ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Tristan legend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Iseult
NERFINISHED
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King Mark NERFINISHED ⓘ Tristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptWitness | single principal manuscript ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | episodes after the love potion is drunk ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotElement | love potion ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
NERFINISHED
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Prose Tristan NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas of Britain’s Tristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
Béroul’s regional origin
ⓘ
date of composition ⓘ extent of original text ⓘ |
| setting |
Cornwall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conflict between love and feudal duty
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love of Tristan and Iseult ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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courtly love ⓘ feudal loyalty ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| traditionType | “common” Tristan tradition ⓘ |
| verseForm | octosyllabic rhymed couplets ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.