Queste del Saint Graal

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Queste del Saint Graal is a 13th-century Old French prose romance that recounts the spiritual quest of King Arthur’s knights for the Holy Grail, emphasizing mystical and religious themes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Quest for the Holy Grail 4
quest for the Holy Grail 2
Holy Grail quest 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance
Holy Grail narrative
Old French prose romance
medieval literary work
approximateDate c. 1220–1230
associatedOrder Cistercians NERFINISHED
centralObject Holy Grail NERFINISHED
centuryOfComposition 13th century
contrastWith more secular Arthurian romances
countryOfOrigin France
emphasis moral perfection
mystical experiences
visionary revelations
featuresCharacter Bors NERFINISHED
Galahad NERFINISHED
King Arthur NERFINISHED
Lancelot NERFINISHED
Perceval NERFINISHED
genre Arthurian literature
prose romance
religious literature
influenced Le Morte Darthur NERFINISHED
later Grail literature
language Old French
literaryCycle Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED
literaryFunction spiritualization of Arthurian legend
mainTheme Christian mysticism
asceticism
chivalry and spirituality
divine grace
spiritual purification
manuscriptTradition multiple medieval manuscripts
moralCriterion chastity
faith
obedience to God
narrativeFocus quest for the Holy Grail
narrativeMode allegorical
didactic
partOf Lancelot-Grail cycle NERFINISHED
portraysCharacterAs Galahad as perfect knight
portraysGrailAs symbol of divine presence
relatedWork Lancelot en prose NERFINISHED
Mort Artu NERFINISHED
religiousOrientation Christian NERFINISHED
Cistercian-influenced
setting King Arthur's court NERFINISHED
structure prose narrative
titleInOriginalLanguage La Queste del Saint Graal NERFINISHED

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

Vulgate Cycle hasPart Queste del Saint Graal
Logres associatedWith Holy Grail quest
subject linked to: Logres (legendary kingdom)
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal
Christianity (legendary) associatedWith Quest for the Holy Grail
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal
Sir Bors quest Quest for the Holy Grail
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal
Sir Galahad quest Quest for the Holy Grail
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal
Percival notableFor quest for the Holy Grail
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal
Wolfram von Eschenbach ParzivalTheme quest for the Holy Grail
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal
The Ill-Made Knight hasSubplot Quest for the Holy Grail
linked to: Queste del Saint Graal