Lancelot (Launcelot)

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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Lancelot appears in a French prose epic written by between 1150 and 1190, and arrives in England in the 14th century English poem Le Morte d’Arthur. The story is then adapted by Malory in his

Morte D’arthur

(1470-85), and again by Percy in his

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) and Tennyson in his Idylls of the King (1859).

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Lancelot (Launcelot)". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1318, accessed 19 March 2024.]

1318 Lancelot (Launcelot) 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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