Hautdesert

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Hautdesert is the fictional castle and estate of Lord Bertilak that serves as the main domestic setting in the Middle English Arthurian romance *Sir Gawain and the Green Knight*.

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Hautdesert canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional castle
fictional estate
literary location
alsoKnownAs Bertilak’s castle
linked to: Bertilak's castle
appearsIn Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
architecturalType medieval castle
associatedWithCharacter Bertilak de Hautdesert
Lady Bertilak
Morgan le Fay
associatedWithManuscript Pearl manuscript (British Library Cotton Nero A.x)
linked to: Exeter Book
countryInFiction England
describedAs castle and estate
firstAppearance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
hasFunctionInNarrative contrast to Arthur’s court at Camelot
testing Gawain’s chivalry
hasThemeAssociation appearance versus reality
hospitality and courtesy
temptation and moral testing
hostTo Sir Gawain
linked to: Gawain
languageOfWork Middle English
locatedInFictionalUniverse Arthurian legend
narrativeLocationRelativeToCamelot distant from Camelot
ownedBy Lord Bertilak
roleInWork main domestic setting
sceneOf Gawain’s acceptance of the green girdle
Gawain’s temptation by Lady Bertilak
exchange-of-winnings game
settingPeriod medieval era
workAuthorshipStatus author anonymous

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