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Tristan and Iseult

Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde and other names, is a medieval legend told in numerous variations since the 12th century. Of disputed source, usually assumed to be primarily Celtic, the tale is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult in the days of King Arthur. During…

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related to Modern adaptations · 34
Tristan and Iseult → Alfred Tennyson's, Algernon Charles Swinburne's, Arthurian, Britain, By, Danish, Denmark, En Tragoedisk Historie, Faroe Islands, For, However, Icelandic, Idylls, In, In English, India, Inionu, Iseult, King, Lyonesse
related to Post-death · 32
Tristan and Iseult → Due Tristani, English, France's Chevrefoil, French, German, German Tristrant, He, Hilaire Belloc, In, In Marie, Iseult, Iseult's, Isodd, Joven, King Mark, Later, Later French, Mark, Martha, Oberon
related to French · 26
Tristan and Iseult → Berne, Besides, Britain, Béroul, Béroul's, Chevrefoil, Chèvrefeuille, Cornwall, English, Folie Tristan, Folies Tristan, France, French, Honeysuckle, Iseult, It, Marie, Mark's, Old French, Oxford
related to Early poetry · 21
Tristan and Iseult → After, Along, Although Iseult, Béroul's, Cornwall, However, In, Ireland, Irish, Iseult, Isolde, Isolt, King Mark, Marc, Marc'h, Mark, Morholt, The, The King's, Tristan
related to Persian · 19
Tristan and Iseult → Arabised, Crusader, Dick Davis, Holy Land, However, Iseult, Iseut, Others, Persian, Rāmin, Saracen, Some, Syrian, The Persian, Tristan, Vis, Viseh, West, Wiset
related to Association with Arthur and death · 18
Tristan and Iseult → Arthurian, Here, Holy Grail, Iseult, King Arthur, Knights, Lancelot, Lancelot-Grail, Mentions, Prose Tristan, Quest, Round Table, Shortly, The, Tristan, Vulgate, Vulgate Cycle, Writers
related to Literature · 17
Tristan and Iseult → Arthur Quiller-Couch, Breton, Castle Dor, Celtic, Cornish, Daphne, English, Fowey, He, Iseult, King Mark, Maria Kuncewiczowa's Polish Tristan, Maurier, Quiller-Couch's, The, Tristan, Troy
related to Roman · 17
Tristan and Iseult → Ariadne, Baucis, Deirdre, England, France, However, Iseult, Moreover, Naxos, Ovid's, Ovid's Pyramus, Philemon, Some, Sorrows, The, Thisbe, Tristan
related to External links · 14
Tristan and Iseult → Angleterre's Tristan, Bédier's Romance, Béroul's Le Roman, English, French, Iseult, Isolde, Isolt, LibriVox, PDF, The Camelot ProjectTristan, Thomas, Timeless MythsTristan, Tristan
related to Narratives · 8
Tristan and Iseult → Britain, Béroul, French, His, Iseult, The, Thomas, Tristan

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tristan iseult story legend version king mark french lovers branch also prose tristan's medieval one two century love isolde thomas

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Englandinstance ofrelying only on written records that were damaged during the development of modern nation-states0.80text
Franceinstance ofrelying only on written records that were damaged during the development of modern nation-states0.80text
especially during the dissolution of the monasteriesinstance ofrelying only on written records that were damaged during the development of modern nation-states0.80text
the two Iseultsinstance ofalready featuring elements0.80text
the death of Tristaninstance ofalready featuring elements0.80text
Heinrich von Freiberginstance ofOther German authors0.80text
Ulrich von Türheim completed the poem at a later timeinstance ofOther German authors0.80text
but with the common branch of the legend as the sourceinstance ofOther German authors0.80text
Tristan and Iseultrelated to Association with Arthur and deathThe0.60section
Tristan and Iseultrelated to Association with Arthur and deathTristan0.60section
Tristan and Iseultrelated to Association with Arthur and deathKing Arthur0.60section
Tristan and Iseultrelated to Association with Arthur and deathMentions0.60section

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