Lord of Hautdesert

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Lord of Hautdesert is the noble title held by the enchanted knight Bertilak in the Middle English poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional noble title
literary character role
appearsIn Middle English alliterative romance
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
associatedWith Bertilak de Hautdesert
Green Knight
King Arthur
Sir Gawain
linked to: Gawain
associatedWithPlace Hautdesert
countryOfFictionalSetting England
createdBy Gawain Poet
linked to: The Gawain Poet

Pearl Poet
linked to: The Gawain Poet
fictionalUniverse Arthurian cycle
linked to: Arthurian legend
genreOfWorkAppearedIn Arthurian romance
linked to: Arthurian legend

chivalric romance
hasAliasOfTitleHolder Green Knight
hasTitleHolderEnchantmentBy Morgan le Fay
hasTitleHolderGender male
hasTitleHolderMaritalStatus married
hasTitleHolderMoralAlignment ambiguous but ultimately benevolent
hasTitleHolderOccupation knight
hasTitleHolderResidence Hautdesert castle
hasTitleHolderRole challenger of knights
hunter
lord
hasTitleHolderSocialStatus nobleman
hasTitleHolderSpecies human
hasTitleHolderSpouse Lady Bertilak
hasTitleHolderSupernaturalAspect shape-shifting into Green Knight
heldBy Bertilak de Hautdesert
languageOfWork Middle English
literaryTradition Alliterative Revival
Arthurian legend
medium poetry
narrativeFunction host of Sir Gawain
instrument of Morgan le Fay’s plot
tester of Sir Gawain’s chivalry
testTheme chivalry
courtesy
loyalty
truth
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting Arthurian era
linked to: Arthurian legend
titleHolderIs Bertilak de Hautdesert
enchanted knight
workForm alliterative verse

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Bertilak de Hautdesert title Lord of Hautdesert