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White Land

Four entries with the name White Land.


White Land

Blanche Land, Blankenland

In Thomas’s Tristan, this is one of Tristan’s homes, in Brittany,

In Béroul’s version, an area of Cornwall where Tristan and Isolde fled after their exile from Mark’s court.


Source
Tristan | Thomas of England, 1170-1175
Tristan | Béroul, late 12th century


White Land


The location of a tournament at which Yder and Arthur were the principal combatants. Gawain and the Little Knight fought on Yder’s side and won the tournament.


Source
First Continuation of Chrétien’s Perceval | Attributed to Wauchier of Denain, c. 1200


White Land


The land ruled by King Lancelot, Lancelot’s grandfather. It bordered on the Foreign Country (Strange Land).


Source
Vulgate Lancelot | 1215-1230


White Land


The King of the White Land is named as an ally of Arthur in Claris et Laris. A Queen of the White Land appears in a tournament in Durmart le Gallois.


Sources
Durmart le Gallois | Early 13th century
Claris et Laris | 1268