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  2. Perceval, the Story of the Grail - Wikipedia

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    Perceval, the Story of the Grail (French: Perceval ou le Conte du Graal) is the unfinished fifth verse romance by Chrétien de Troyes, written by him in Old French in the late 12th century. Later authors added 54,000 more lines to the original 9,000 in what are known collectively as the Four Continuations , [ 1 ] as well as other related texts.

  3. Percival - Wikipedia

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    The earliest reference to Perceval is found in Chrétien de Troyes's first Arthurian romance Erec et Enide, where, as "Percevaus li Galois" (Percevaus of Wales), he appears in a list of Arthur's knights. [1] In another of Chrétien's romances, Cligés, Perceval is a "renowned vassal" who is defeated by the knight Cligés in a tournament. [2]

  4. Percival's sister - Wikipedia

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    Percival's sister is a role of two similar but distinct characters in the Holy Grail stories within the Arthurian legend featuring the Grail hero Percival (Perceval). The first of them is named Dindrane, the second is usually unnamed and is known today as the Grail heroine.

  5. Blanchefleur - Wikipedia

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    Blanchefleur ("white flower", also Blancheflor, Blancheflour, Blanziflor) is the name of a number of characters in literature of the High Middle Ages. Except for in Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Blanchefleur is typically a character who reflects her name—an image of purity and idealized beauty.

  6. Perlesvaus - Wikipedia

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    Perlesvaus, also called Li Hauz Livres du Graal (The High Book of the Grail), is an Old French Arthurian romance dating to the first decade of the 13th century. It purports to be a continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished Perceval, the Story of the Grail, but it has been called the least canonical Arthurian tale because of its striking differences from other versions.

  7. Perceval le Gallois - Wikipedia

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    Instead, Perceval and his cohorts inhabit a colorful theatrical realm replete with rudimentary props, stylized backdrops, and a singing chorus that participates in the drama. At many points, characters narrate their own actions and thoughts rather than expressing them manifestly, and dialog is frequently spoken lyrically in rhyming couplets ...

  8. Percival (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Spencer Perceval (1762–1812), British statesman and Prime Minister; Thomas Percival (1740–1804), English physician; Troy Percival (born 1969), American baseball player; Westby Perceval (1854–1928), New Zealand politician; William Perceval (fl. 1703–1735), Irish priest

  9. Sir Perceval of Galles - Wikipedia

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    Sir Perceval of Galles is a Middle English Arthurian verse romance whose protagonist, Sir Perceval , first appeared in medieval literature in Chrétien de Troyes' final poem, the 12th-century Old French Conte del Graal, well over one hundred years before the composition of this work.