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3 unusual facts about Prose Tristan


Felec of Cornwall

Felec could be equated with Felix, a supposed early king of either Cornwall or Lyonesse according to the Prose Tristan (c. 1235) and later Italian Arthurian romances, but this reference is very late.

Mark of Cornwall

In the Prose Tristan, Mark's character deteriorates from a sympathetic cuckold to a downright villain.

Prose Tristan

He becomes a Knight of the Round Table (taking Morholt's old seat) and embarks on the Quest for the Holy Grail before abandoning the idea to stay with Iseult at Lancelot's castle.



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