Lancelot-Grail: 4. Lancelot part III and IV: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation

Marc Notes: Originally published in 5 vols.: New York: Garland, 1992-1996.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; Translated from the Old French. Table of Contents: Preface -- Part III. Lancelot -- 72. The Nobility of Galehaut -- 73. Galehaut and Lancelot Return to Sorelois, Where Galehaut Hears Alarming News -- 74. Guenevere Is Accused of Imposture -- 75. Galehaut's Plans and the Interpretation of His Dreams: Lovesickness and Destiny -- 76. Galehaut Makes Plans to Leave Sorelois in the Hands of Bademagu; Portrayal of Bademagu's Son Meleagant -- 77. Lancelot Is Wounded by Meleagant; Guenevere Is Confronted by Her Accusers; Arthur Is Captured and Succumbs to the Wiles of the False Guenevere -- 78. Arthur Returns to Court and Proclaims the False Guenevere Queen -- 79. Lancelot, as Guenevere's Champion, Defeats Three Foes; He Breaks with Arthur -- 80. The Imposture Is Revealed; the False Guenevere Dies; Arthur Repents and Is Reconciled First with Guenevere, Then with Lancelot -- 81. Gawain Is Abducted by Caradoc; Lancelot, Yvain, and the Duke of Clarence Set Out in Quest of Him -- 82. The Duke of Clarence Learns About Caradoc from His Cousin -- 83. Yvain Rescues a Young Man and His Family from a Band of Thieves -- 84. Lancelot Extricates Drian from an Enchanted Coffin and Is Warmly Received at Gay Castle -- 85. Gawain, in Caradoc's Prison, Is Helped by a Resourceful Damsel -- 86. Galehaut Stops Lionel from Setting Out After Lancelot -- 87. The Duke of Clarence Rescues a Damsel, Defeats Four Fighters at Pintadol, and Fails at Escalon the Dark -- 88. Yvain Attempts to Rescue Sagremor and a Damsel -- 89. Melian Brings News of Lancelot to the Royal Court; Arthur and Galehaut Set Out to Rescue Gawain -- 90. Lancelot Comes to the Rescue of Yvain and Sagremor -- 91. Lancelot and Yvain, en Route to Caradoc's Dolorous Tower, Stop at Escalon the Dark; Yvain Fails, but Lancelot Succeeds -- 92. The Duke of Clarence, Despite Warnings, Enters the Valley of No Return -- 93. Description of the Valley of No Return -- 94. The Duke of Clarence Is Held Prisoner in the Valley of No Return -- 95. Lancelot Liberates the Valley's Prisoners but Is Abducted by Morgan the Fay -- 96. The Valley's Newly Liberated Prisoners Are Received by Kay of Estral; News of Lancelot Arrives -- 97. Lancelot, Released Provisionally, Resists Seduction by Morgan's Damsel; He Recovers Two Bodies from a Riverbed, Then Rejoins Yvain and the Duke of Clarence -- 98. 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 -- 99. Lancelot Triumphs over Caradoc, Liberates Gawain and the Others, and Is Then Recalled to Prison by Morgan the Fay -- 100. 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 -- 101. Galehaut Discovers Lancelot's Shield and Battles Successfully, Though Not Without Being Wounded, to Gain Possession of It -- 102. Morgan the Fay Releases Lancelot, but on Condition That He Not See the Queen Before Christmas -- 103. 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 -- 104. Yvain Comes upon Gawain in Combat and Helps Him; They Discover Lancelot in a Tournament, but He Refuses to Return to Court with Them -- 105. Lancelot Goes to Sorelois, Only to Find that Galehaut Has Departed; He Too Leaves, but in Circumstances That Suggest Suicide -- 106. 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 -- Part IV. Lancelot -- 107. Meleagant Abducts Guenevere; Lancelot, in Quest of the Queen, Rides in a Cart -- 108. Lancelot and an Amorous Young Lady; Lancelot at the Holy Cemetery -- 109. Lancelot Crosses the Stony Pass; Lancelot and Meleagant's Sister; The Sword Bridge -- 110. Lancelot in Gorre; Guenevere's Rejection and Pardon of Lancelot; Lancelot Captured by Meleagant's Seneschal -- 111. Guenevere and Gawain Return to Arthur's Court; Bors Is Shunned at Court; Gawain, Arthur, and Guenevere Ride in the Cart -- 112. Lancelot at the Tournament of Pomeglai; Meleagant Locks Lancelot in a Tower -- 113. Meleagant's Sister Frees Lancelot; Lancelot Kills Meleagant at Arthur's Court -- 114. Lancelot Agrees to Fight at Bademagu's Court, Defends Guenevere, and Rediscovers Lionel and Hector at the Castle of Maidens -- 115. Hector and Lionel Reunited with Bors at Court; Bors Defends the Maiden of Hungerford Castle Against a Wicked Seneschal -- 116. Bors Defeats Gallides and His Men Before Hungerford Castle -- 117. Gallides Makes Peace with the Lady of Hungerford Castle, Who Learns That Bors Despises Her -- 118. Bors Removes the Iron Bands from King Agrippes's Daughter; Bors Wins King Brandegorre's Tournament -- 119. Bors Spurns King Brandegorre's Daughter; Twelve Knights Take Vows of Service to the Lady -- 120. Lancelot Discovers Galehaut's Casket and Defends It; Lancelot Rescues Meleagant's Sister -- 121. Lancelot Vanquishes Arramant and Kills His Accuser at Bademagu's Court; Lancelot Defeats Parides and Buries Galehaut at the Dolorous Guard -- 122. Bors Rescues Lambegue and Pardons the Lady of Hungerford Castle -- 123. Bademagu Learns That Lancelot Has Killed Meleagant and Mourns -- 124. Lancelot Defends Guenevere Against Bors; Guenevere Sends Sagremor and Dodinel to Mathamas's -- 125. The Adventures of Sagremor at Mathamas's -- 126. The Adventures of Dodinel, Who Defends a Maiden -- 127. Griffon of the Treacherous Pass Demands Lancelot's Armor; Kay Is Captured by Griffon -- 128. The Queen and Her Retinue Mourn Lancelot at the Fairies' Fountain -- 129. Lancelot and the Old Woman Stay with a Forester -- 130. Dodinel Imprisoned -- 131. The Queen Recounts Lancelot's Death at Court, and Gawain Makes a Vow; The Story of King Agrestes and the Black Cross -- 132. Gawain Fails to Join Together the Broken Sword of Joseph of Arimathea; The Story of the Sword -- 133. The Adventures of Agloval -- 134. Sir Gawain Defeats Mathamas and Frees Sagremor -- 135. Hector Kills Dodinel's Captor and Frees Dodinel; The Ten Companions Converge at the White Cross -- 136. 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 -- 137. Sir Gawain Fails at the Grail Castle and Learns the Significance of His Adventure from a Hermit -- 138. Hector Defeats Marigart the Red at Raguidel Castle -- 139. Yvain's Adventures in Quest of Lancelot -- 140. Sir Gawain and His Brothers Described; The Adventures of Mordred. Publisher Marketing: Lancelot is the central romance of the Vulgate Cycle, in which the chivalric elements in Arthur's court come to the fore. These chivalric elements contain the seeds of Arthur's destruction and the dissolution of the Round Table, as Lancelot's love for Guinevere undermines his bond to Arthur; the tension between love, prowess and loyalty is the undercurrent of the long romance which describes the exploits which he performs in her service. It also includes many stories which are chivalric adventures largely unrelated to the main theme, and uses the device of interweaving these stories to form a huge stream of narrative. This series of episodic pictures leads ultimately to the birth of Lancelot's son Galahad, who is destined to become the hero of the Grail. Parts three and four of Lancelot begin with the episode of the false Guinevere, in which Guinevere is accused of being an impostor; Lancelot is then abducted and imprisoned by Morgan le Fay, who out of hatred for Arthur intends to reveal their love to the king. When he escapes, Guinevere is abducted by Meleagant, and Lancelot has to rescue her. In the course of these adventures, the Grail appears for the first time: Lancelot comes to the Burning Tomb, where he learns that his sins will prevent him from succeeding in the Grail Quest; and Gawain reaches the Grail Castle, but fails the test. For a full description of the Vulgate Cycle see the blurb for the complete set. Contributor Bio:  Lacy, Norris J Professor Norris J. Lacy is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of French and Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. Contributor Bio:  Rosenberg, Samuel N Samuel N. Rosenberg is a professor of French and Italian and Hans Tischler is a professor emeritus of musicology at Indiana University. Both have published widely and collaborated previously on "Chanter m'estuet, Songs of the Trouveres: A Critical Anthology of French Lyric Poetry in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries" (1981).