Le Roman de Silence

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf chivalric romance
gptkbp:author Heldris de Cornuälle
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:France
gptkbp:dateWritten 13th century
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Lewis_Thorpe
gptkbp:firstPublished 1972 (by Heldris de Cornuälle, edited by Lewis Thorpe)
gptkbp:form verse
gptkbp:genre Arthurian legend
gptkbp:hasCharacter gptkb:Merlin
gptkb:King_Evan
Cador
Nature (allegorical figure)
Nurture (allegorical figure)
Queen Eufemie
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Le Roman de Silence
gptkbp:influencedBy chivalric tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_French
gptkbp:length about 6,000 lines
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Silence
gptkbp:manuscriptLocation Nottingham, WLC/LM/6
gptkbp:notableFor exploration of gender roles
early discussion of transgender identity
gptkbp:rediscoveredYear 1911
gptkbp:setting gptkb:England
gptkbp:subjectOf modern feminist literary criticism
scholarly translations
gptkbp:theme gptkb:identity
nature vs nurture
inheritance laws
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Queen_of_Pelrapeire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7