Brogsitter gives the following introduction to German post-classical Arthurian literature under the heading 'Die Epigonenepen' ('The decadent epics'): From the very beginning of the thirteenth century the great works of the Master were followed by a number of other Arthurian romances which, despite some fine individual details, reveal all too clearly that they are not independent creations or worthy successors in the great tradition of Arthurian epic, but merely imitations, and limited for the most part to the imitation of narrative elements.