De Ortu Waluuanii Nepotis Arturi (English: The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur) is an anonymous Medieval Latin chivalric romance dating to the 12th or 13th century.[1] It describes the birth, boyhood deeds, and early adventures of King Arthur's nephew, Gawain. The romance gives the most detailed account of Gawain's early years of any contemporary work, and is driven by the young man's quest to establish his identity. It is also notable for its early reference to Greek fire.[1]
^ abDay, Mildred Leake (1994), "The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur", in Wilhelm, James J. (ed.), The Romance of Arthur, New York: Garland, p. 365
DeOrtuWaluuanii Nepotis Arturi (English: The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur) is an anonymous Medieval Latin chivalric romance dating to the 12th or...
Spelled Gwendoloena, the name reoccurs in the anonymous Latin romance DeOrtuWaluuanii belonging to Arthur's queen Guinevere. It did not become a common...
little about her otherwise. This was later elaborated in the romance DeOrtuWaluuanii, telling how the teenage Lot fell in mutual love with the also young...
of Chrétien de Troyes, often refer to Lot, but he rarely receives more than a mention in connection to his son Gawain. DeOrtuWaluuanii and Les Enfances...
Guenera, Gwenner) in the Polychronicon, and Gwendoloena (Gwendolen) in DeOrtuWaluuanii. Her name is invariably Ginover (Ginovere) in the Middle German romances...
Queen of Meidenlant in Diu Crône, the lady of Castellum Puellarum in DeOrtuWaluuanii, and the nameless heroine of the Breton lai Doon, among others, including...
The Matter of Britain (French: matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany...
also played a role in many local legends. The Medieval Latin text DeOrtuWaluuanii recounts a humorous tale in which an incognito Gawain pushes his uncle...
the author's initialling his work with the letter "R". These were DeOrtuWaluuanii and Historia Meriadoci, but this identification remains controversial...
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