Le Chevalier de la Charrette

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Le Chevalier de la Charrette is a 12th-century Arthurian romance by Chrétien de Troyes that famously introduces and centers on the exploits and courtly love of Sir Lancelot.

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Le Chevalier de la Charrette canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance ⓘ
medieval poem ⓘ
verse narrative ⓘ
associatedWith courtly love tradition ⓘ
author Chrétien de Troyes ⓘ
centralEpisode Lancelot riding in a cart to rescue Guinevere ⓘ
commissionedBy Marie de Champagne ⓘ
completionStatus possibly completed by another poet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
featuresCharacter Gawain ⓘ
Lancelot du Lac ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lancelot

Queen Guinevere ⓘ
featuresMotif bridge of swords ⓘ
rescue of an abducted queen ⓘ
tests of loyalty ⓘ
trial by combat ⓘ
focusesOn chivalric adventure ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
form octosyllabic rhymed couplets ⓘ
genre Arthurian literature ⓘ
courtly romance ⓘ
hasLoveAffair Lancelot and Guinevere ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lancelot
hasProtagonistRole Lancelot as exemplary courtly lover ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart ⓘ
influenced later Lancelot-Grail prose cycle ⓘ
later medieval courtly love literature ⓘ
literaryMovement courtly literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 12th century ⓘ
literaryTradition Matter of Britain ⓘ
mainCharacter Guinevere ⓘ
linked to: Queen Guinevere

King Arthur ⓘ
Lancelot ⓘ
linked to: Sir Lancelot
narrativeDevice cart as symbol of shame ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor depiction of adulterous love between Lancelot and Guinevere ⓘ
early literary development of Lancelot ⓘ
originalLanguage Old French ⓘ
partOf Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian cycle ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Cligès ⓘ
Erec et Enide ⓘ
Perceval, the Story of the Grail ⓘ
Yvain, the Knight of the Lion ⓘ
setting King Arthur's court ⓘ
theme conflict between love and honor ⓘ
loyalty to a lady versus loyalty to a lord ⓘ
tests of knighthood ⓘ

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

Sir Lancelot → firstMajorWork → Le Chevalier de la Charrette ⓘ
Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette → alternativeTitle → Le Chevalier de la Charrette ⓘ