The Prose Tristan is an adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult story into a long prose romance, and the first to tie the subject entirely into the arc of the Arthurian legend. The prologue and first section are attributed to the otherwise unknown Luce de Gat, and were probably begun between 1230 and 1235. The work was expanded and reworked sometime after 1240; in the epilogue a second author names himself as "Helie de Boron", nephew to the poet Robert de Boron, claiming to have picked up the story where Luce left off. Neither the biographies of the two authors, nor the claim that they had been translating the work from a Latin original are taken seriously by scholars.^[1] The earlier part of the work stays closer to the traditional story as told by verse writers like Béroul and Thomas of Britain, but many episodes are reworked or altered entirely. Tristan's parents are given new names and backstories, and the overall tone has been called "more realistic" than the verse material. ^[1] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Prose blah blah blahProse generally lacks the formal structure of meter or rhyme that is often found in poetry. ... As a literary genre, romance refers to a style of heroic prose and verse narrative current in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. ... The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ... Events Kingdom of Leon unites with the Kingdom of Castile. ... Events Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht St. ... Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile... Robert de Boron (also spelled in the manuscripts Bouron, Beron) was a French poet of the 13th century, originally from the village of Boron, in the département of Montbéliard. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Béroul is a juggler and storyteller of trade (trouvere) Norman of XIIe century. ... Thomas of Britain is an Anglo-Norman poet of the 12th century. ...

The narrative adheres to the basic framework of the traditional tale. Tristan's guardian Governal takes him to France, where he grows up at the court of King Pharamond. He later arrives at the court of his uncle Mark, King of Cornwall, and defends his country against the Irish warrior Morholt. Wounded in the fight, he travels to Ireland where he is healed by Iseult, a renowned doctor and Morholt's niece, but he must flee when the Irish discover he has killed their champion. He later returns, in disguise, to seek Iseult as a bride for his uncle. When they accidentally consume the love potion prepared for Iseult and Mark, they engage in a tragic affair that ends with Tristan being banished to the court of Hoel of Brittany. He eventually marries Hoel's daughter, also named Iseult. Duke Pharamond Pharamond (c. ... Mark of Cornwall (Latin Marcus Cunomorus, Cornish Margh, Welsh Cynfawr) was a king of Kernyw (Cornwall) in the early 6th Century AD. According to legend, he was the son of Felix, brother of Blancheflor (Tristans mother),a cousin of King Arthur and uncle of Tristan; a gravestone found in... The Kingdom of Kernyw existed during the Dark Ages in Britains southwestern peninsula. ... Iseult of Ireland as portrayed in the 2006 Tristan and Isolde (film) In the Arthurian Legend of Tristan and Iseult (alternatively Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isotta, etc. ... Love potion can refer to many things: A love potion that is said to have the power to cause its imbiber to fall in love with the person who gave it to them. ... Hoel or Howel is a legendary king of Brittany and one of the oldest characters associated with Arthurian legend. ... Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical duchy and French province, as well as the cultural area of Brittany. ...

Especially after this point, however, the traditional narrative is continually interrupted for side adventures by the various characters and episodes serving to "Arthurianize" the story. ^[2] When Tristan leaves Brittany and returns to his first love, he never sees his wife again, though her brother Kahedin remains his close companion. Tristan is compared frequently to his friend Lancelot in both arms and love, and at times even unknowingly engages him in battles. He becomes a Knight of the Round Table (taking Morholt's old seat) and embarks on the Quest for the Holy Grail for a short time. Some manuscripts preserve the earlier version of the lovers' deaths, but others have Mark kill Tristan while he plays the harp for his paramour, only to see his Iseult die immediately afterwards. In the Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot (Lancelot du Lac, or Lancelot of the Lake; also Launcelot) is one of the Knights of the Round Table. ... The Knights of the Round Table were those men awarded the highest Order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur. ... In Christian mythology, the Holy Grail was the dish, plate, cup or vessel used by Jesus at the Last Supper, said to possess miraculous powers. ...

The Prose Tristan had a huge effect on subsequent medieval literature and treatments of the Arthurian legend. Characters like Palamedes, Dinadan, and Lamorak, all of whom first appear in the Tristan, achieved popularity in later works, and Palamedes even lent his name to the Romance of Palamedes, a later work that expands on episodes from the Tristan. This material is preserved in the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa and numerous later redactions in several languages. The Prose Tristan also influence the Post-Vulgate Cycle, the next major prose treatment of the Arthurian mythos, and served as the source for the Tristan section of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. In Arthurian Legend, Palamedes, Palomides, or some variant was a knight, the son of King Esclabor, who fell in love with the lady Iseult. ... How King Makre and Sir Dinadan heard Sir Palomides makeing great sarrow and mourning for La Beale Isoud by Aubrey Beardsley Sir Dinadan is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. ... Sir Lamorak was the son of King Pellinore and the brother of Sir Tor, Sir Aglovale, Sir Dornar, Sir Percival, and Dindrane. ... In Arthurian Legend, Palamedes, Palomides, or some variant was a knight, the son of King Esclabor, who fell in love with the lady Iseult. ... Rustichello da Pisa was a romance writer who was imprisoned with Marco Polo in around 1279 during the war between Venice and Genoa, two rival Italian cities. ... The Post-Vulgate Cycle is one of the major Old French prose cycles of Arthurian literature. ... Sir Thomas Malory (c. ... Le Morte dArthur (The Death of Arthur)—the title is actually spelled as Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions—is Sir Thomas Malorys compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. ...

References

1. ↑ ^a b Renée L. Curtis (translator), The Romance of Tristan, "Introduction". Oxford UP, 1994. ISBN 0-19-282792-8.
2. ↑ Norris J. Lacy, editor, The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, "Prose Tristan". New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1991.