Lancelot

by Lacy, Norris J.

• ISBN13: 9781843842354
• ISBN10: 1843842351
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: Ds Brewer

Summary

The most comprehensive account of the story of Arthur, the Round Table and the Grail is to be found in the work known as Lancelot-Grail or the Vulgate Cycle. It tells the story of the Arthurian world from the events of the Crucifixion, where the Grail originated, to the death of Lancelot after the destruction of the Round Table. It draws in many different strands, from the pseudo-historical stories about Arthur to the romances of chivalric adventure and the spiritual quest for the Grail. It consists of five works: the longest is Lancelot, a kind of chivalric history of the Round Table, which leads into the quest for the Grail and Arthur's death. The first two books were added later, and provide an account of events through Arthur's marriage and early military victories. Not long after the cycle was completed, another writer retained the first two books of the Vulgate Cycle but recast the last three books with a rather different emphasis; this version is known as the Post-Vulgate Cycle, and is one of the main sources used by Sir Thomas Malory.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Lancelot
The Nobility of Galehaut	p. 3
Galehaut and Lancelot Return to Sorelois, Where Galehaut Hears Alarming News	p. 4
Guenevere Is Accused of Imposture	p. 11
Galehaut's Plans and the Interpretation of His Dreams: Lovesickness and Destiny	p. 17
Galehaut Makes Plans to Leave Sorelois in the Hands of Bademagu; Portrayal of Bademagu's Son Meleagant	p. 33
Lancelot Is Wounded by Meleagant; Guenevere Is Confronted by Her Accusers; Arthur Is Captured and Succumbs to the Wiles of the False Guenevere	p. 40
Arthur Returns to Court and Proclaims the False Guenevere Queen	p. 50
Lancelot, as Guenevere's Champion, Defeats Three Foes; He Breaks with Arthur	p. 55
The Imposture Is Revealed; the False Guenevere Dies; Arthur Repents and Is Reconciled First with Guenevere, Then with Lancelot	p. 69
Gawain Is Abducted by Caradoc; Lancelot, Yvain, and the Duke of Clarence Set Out in Quest of Him	p. 80
The Duke of Clarence Learns About Caradoc from His Cousin	p. 82
Yvain Rescues a Young Man and His Family from a Band of Thieves	p. 85
Lancelot Extricates Drian from an Enchanted Coffin and Is Warmly Received at Gay Castle	p. 88
Gawain, in Caradoc's Prison, Is Helped by a Resourceful Damsel	p. 93
Galehaut Stops Lionel from Setting Out After Lancelot	p. 98
The Duke of Clarence Rescues a Damsel, Defeats Four Fighters at Pintadol, and Fails at Escalon the Dark	p. 100
Yvain Attempts to Rescue Sagremor and a Damsel	p. 110
Melian Brings News of Lancelot to the Royal Court; Arthur and Galehaut Set Out to Rescue Gawain	p. 113
Lancelot Comes to the Rescue of Yvain and Sagremor	p. 116
Lancelot and Yvain, en Route to Caradoc's Dolorous Tower, Stop at Escalon the Dark; Yvain Fails, but Lancelot Succeeds	p. 118
The Duke of Clarence, Despite Warnings, Enters the Valley of No Return	p. 124
Description of the Valley of No Return	p. 127
The Duke of Clarence Is Held Prisoner in the Valley of No Return	p. 129
Lancelot Liberates the Valley's Prisoners but Is Abducted by Morgan the Fay	p. 132
The Valley's Newly Liberated Prisoners Are Received by Kay of Estral; News of Lancelot Arrives	p. 141
Lancelot, Released Provisionally, Resists Seduction by Morgan's Damsel; He Recovers Two Bodies from a Riverbed, Then Rejoins Yvain and the Duke of Clarence	p. 146
Lancelot Confronts Caradoc's Men at the Wicked Pass While Yvain and the Duke of Clarence Go Directly to the Dolorous Tower, Where They Are Captured	p. 156
Lancelot Triumphs over Caradoc, Liberates Gawain and the Others, and Is Then Recalled to Prison by Morgan the Fay	p. 158
Morgan the Fay Sends a Messenger to the Royal Court to Denounce the Love of Lancelot and Guenevere; Galehaut, Lionel, and Gawain Set Out in Quest of Lancelot	p. 164
Galehaut Discovers Lancelot's Shield and Battles Successfully, Though Not Without Being Wounded, to Gain Possession of It	p. 168
Morgan the Fay Releases Lancelot, but on Condition That He Not See the Queen Before Christmas	p. 172
Lionel Is Led to Believe That Lancelot Is Dead, but Then Learns the Truth by Catching Sight of Him Himself; Lionel Rejoins Galehaut and They Both Go to Sorelois	p. 174
Yvain Comes upon Gawain in Combat and Helps Him; They Discover Lancelot in a Tournament, but He Refuses to Return to Court with Them	p. 178
Lancelot Goes to Sorelois, Only to Find that Galehaut Has Departed; He Too Leaves, but in Circumstances That Suggest Suicide	p. 181
Galehaut, at Court, Hears that Lancelot Is Back in Sorelois; He Returns, Only to Hear the News of Lancelot's Apparent Suicide, and Dies Heartbroken	p. 181
Lancelot
Meleagant Abducts Guenevere; Lancelot, in Quest of the Queen, Rides in a Cart	p. 187
Lancelot and an Amorous Young Lady; Lancelot at the Holy Cemetery	p. 198
Lancelot Crosses the Stony Pass; Lancelot and Meleagant's Sister; The Sword Bridge	p. 209
Lancelot in Gorre; Guenevere's Rejection and Pardon of Lancelot; Lancelot Captured by Meleagant's Seneschal	p. 221
Guenevere and Gawain Return to Arthur's Court; Bors Is Shunned at Court; Gawain, Arthur, and Guenevere Ride in the Cart	p. 232
Lancelot at the Tournament of Pomeglai; Meleagant Locks Lancelot in a Tower	p. 238
Meleagant's Sister Frees Lancelot; Lancelot Kills Meleagant at Arthur's Court	p. 242
Lancelot Agrees to Fight at Bademagu's Court, Defends Guenevere, and Rediscovers Lionel and Hector at the Castle of Maidens	p. 245
Hector and Lionel Reunited with Bors at Court; Bors Defends the Maiden of Hungerford Castle Against a Wicked Seneschal	p. 256
Bors Defeats Gallides and His Men Before Hungerford Castle	p. 264
Gallides Makes Peace with the Lady of Hungerford Castle, Who Learns That Bors Despises Her	p. 273
Bors Removes the Iron Bands from King Agrippes's Daughter; Bors Wins King Brandegorre's Tournament	p. 275
Bors Spurns King Brandegorre's Daughter; Twelve Knights Take Vows of Service to the Lady	p. 285
Lancelot Discovers Galehaut's Casket and Defends It; Lancelot Rescues Meleagant's Sister	p. 295
Lancelot Vanquishes Arramant and Kills His Accuser at Bademagu's Court; Lancelot Defeats Parides and Buries Galehaut at the Dolorous Guard	p. 304
Bors Rescues Lambegue and Pardons the Lady of Hungerford Castle	p. 318
Bademagu Learns That Lancelot Has Killed Meleagant and Mourns	p. 323
Lancelot Defends Guenevere Against Bors; Guenevere Sends Sagremor and Dodinel to Mathamas's	p. 324
The Adventures of Sagremor at Mathamas's	p. 330
The Adventures of Dodinel, Who Defends a Maiden	p. 339
Griffon of the Treacherous Pass Demands Lancelot's Armor; Kay Is Captured by Griffon	p. 341
The Queen and Her Retinue Mourn Lancelot at the Fairies' Fountain	p. 344
Lancelot and the Old Woman Stay with a Forester	p. 345
Dodinel Imprisoned	p. 345
The Queen Recounts Lancelot's Death at Court, and Gawain Makes a Vow; The Story of King Agrestes and the Black Cross	p. 347
Gawain Fails to Join Together the Broken Sword of Joseph of Arimathea; The Story of the Sword	p. 352
The Adventures of Agloval	p. 360
Sir Gawain Defeats Mathamas and Frees Sagremor	p. 363
Hector Kills Dodinel's Captor and Frees Dodinel; The Ten Companions Converge at the White Cross	p. 364
Sir Gawain Champions the Friend of Tanaguin the Blond; Hector Defeats Sir Gawain; Hector and Sir Gawain Are Overcome at the Cemetery of the Burning Tomb	p. 367
Sir Gawain Fails at the Grail Castle and Learns the Significance of His Adventure from a Hermit	p. 374
Hector Defeats Marigart the Red at Raguidel Castle	p. 383
Yvain's Adventures in Quest of Lancelot	p. 389
Sir Gawain and His Brothers Described; The Adventures of Mordred	p. 392
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