Roman de Tristan en prose

aka Tristan de Léonois; L'Estoire monseignor Tristan

Prose Tristan

Author

Unknown

Language

Old French

Year

1230

Country

France

Genre

Novella / Light Novel

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The Prose Tristan, also known as Tristan de Léonois, is a 13th-century Old French expanded adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult legend into a vast prose romance. It was the first work to fully integrate the Tristan narrative into the framework of the Arthurian legend, presenting Tristan as a top-tier member of the Round Table. The Prose Tristan was also the first major Arthurian prose cycle produced after the Vulgate Cycle, which had a particular influence on its later sections. Several distinct versions of the work exist, most notably the "short" and "long" versions.