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Arthurian Legend |
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Le Morte d'Arthur |
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Time Line |
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Vulgate Cycle |
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Nennius |
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Sir Thomas Malory - biography |
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Annals of Wales |
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Le Morte d'Arthur - general information |
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Geoffrey of Monmouth |
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Arthurian Legend 1888 - present |
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Wace |
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Secondary resources |
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Layamon |
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Home Page |
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Poems |
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Le Morte d'Arthur Study page |
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Literary History |
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Historical Reference Time Line
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800 |
Nennius |
Historia Britanum |
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950 |
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Annals of Wales |
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1136 |
Geoffrey of Monmouth |
History of the Kings of Britain |
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1155 |
Wace |
Roman de Brut |
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12th century |
Chretien de Troyes |
5 romantic poems |
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12th century |
variety of authors |
Vulgate Cycle Conglomeration of stories |
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1200 |
Layamon |
Brut |
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1485 |
Sir Thomas Malory |
Le Morte d'Arthur |
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Historia Britanum by Nennius (800) |
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Introduced idea of "Messiah of the Britons" - Arturius |
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United tribes and kings in battle |
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488-500 Arturius fought northern invaders (12 battles) |
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500 AD famous battle - Mt. Badon - Britons defeated Saxons |
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44 years of peace |
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Reference to burial at Glastonbury |
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Annals of Wales by unknown (950) |
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Chronicles Battle of Camlann- last battle |
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Introduces Medraut - Mordred |
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Blend of historical and pagan myth |
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Mix of pagan and Christian references |
Used Anglo-Saxon vocabulary - English |
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Emphasized dramatic, emotional aspects |
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Accepted supernatural |
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Gives Arthur a sense of sportsmanship |
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Poems by Chretien de Troyes (12th c.) |
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Stories of great knights |
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Idea of romance |
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Introduced Lancelot |
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Code of chivalry |
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Quest for the Holy Grail |
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Courtly love |
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French - brought the polish of the continent to tales |
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Vulgate Cycle (12th c.) |
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Dealt more with adultery and the marriage conflict within church |
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Provided a Christian flavor to pagan myth |
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Supplied a form for Malory to hinge his work upon |
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Sir Thomas Malory
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Biographical Material |
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? - 1471 |
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British knight |
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Imprisoned during War of Roses for conspiracy to commit murder |
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Wrote book in prison |
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Charges reduced to theft/rape/violence |
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Died 2 years after completion |
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Wrote to present ideals of a bygone era to the British royalty |
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Published 4 years after death |
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Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (1485) |
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21 tales |
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Wanted to show the disintegration of society and its heroes |
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Had features of epic and romance |
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Published by Caxton, first English printer, 14 years after Malory's death |
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Arthurian Legend 1888 - present |
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The following represent just a few of the better known fictional accounts of Arthurian legend in print. |
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Tennyson, Lord Alfred |
Idylls of the King (epic poem) |
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Twain, Mark |
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
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White, T.H. |
Once and Future King |
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
Mists of Avalon |
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Wolf |
Road to Avalon |
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Stewart, Mary |
Crystal Cave (1st of series) |
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Godwin, |
Firelord |
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Steinbeck, John |
The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights |
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Lawhead, Stephen |
Arthur (1st of series) |
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Berger, |
Arthur Rex |
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Cornwell, Bernard |
The Winter King |
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Numerous stories of Arthurian legend have also been presented in video . |
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Camelot (musical) |
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Excalibur |
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table |
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First Knight |
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Sword and the Stone (Disney) |
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Merlin |
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Secondary Resources |
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Secondary resources are historical and literary studies that have been written about a certain topic. The authors publish a text after much research into a variety of original materials. Because the texts are so numerous, I have listed only a few of the best-known authorities. |
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Ashe, Geoffrey |
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Cavendish, Richard |
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Lacy, Norris |
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Kennedy, Elsbeth |
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Goodrich, Norma |
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Loomis, Roger Sherman |
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