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Lancelot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart (French: ) is an Old French poem by Chrétien de Troyes. Chrétien probably composed the work (in the 1170s) at the same time as or slightly before writing Yvain, th...
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Lancelot is loved by Elaine of Astolat, who dies because her love is unrequited. Elaine, the daugher of King Pelles, tricks Lancelot into sleeping with her and from that union Galahad is born. His love for Guinevere ultimately brings about the downfall of Arthur's realm.
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The Tragedy of Cursèd Lancelot. ... A bug and to die with his true love’s love. ... Stricken with love, Lance embarked on a quest...
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Sir Galahad's conception comes about when Lady Elaine magically disguises herself as Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot's true love, and tricks him into bed. Ashamed of what had happened, Sir Lancelot abandons the child and his mother to go off on foreign adventures.
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Lancelot came upon a (nameless) damsel who knew what had happened to the Queen, what road to take to find her, and something about the hazards along the way. The damsel herself turned out to be a formidable test of Lancelot's love for the Queen.
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Even the ideal courtly love story of Lancelot and Guenevere could not remain untouched by such contradictory ties. Lancelot's love was a violation of his obligations to Arthur as his king, and helped to destroy ... In the happy springtime of this love Lancelot left Camelot to seek renown for Guenevere's sake. Soon he...
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