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Sir Meliagrance
Maleagant (alternately ''Malagant'', ''Meleagan'', ''Meleagant'', ''Meliagant'', ''Meliagaunt'', ''Meliagant'', ''Meliaganz'', ''Meliagrance'', ''Meliagrant'', ''Mellegrans'', ''Mellyagraunce'') is a villain from Arthurian legend. In a number of versions of a popular episode, Maleagant abducts King Arthur’s wife, Queen Guinevere, necessitating her rescue by Arthur and his knights. The earliest surviving version of this episode names the abductor Melwas; as Maleagant, he debuts as Lancelot's archenemy in Chrétien de Troyes' French romance '' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart''. However, all surviving versions seem to be later adaptations of a stock narrative of significantly earlier provenance. Melwas The earliest version of the popular abduction-of-Guinevere motif appears in the early 12th-century Latin ''Life of Gildas'' by Caradoc of Llancarfan. In that text, Melwas, king of the "Summer Country" (''regnante in aestiua regione''; a direct translation of the Old Welsh name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthurian Legend
The Matter of Britain is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. It was one of the three great Western story cycles recalled repeatedly in medieval literature, together with the Matter of France, which concerned the legends of Charlemagne, and the Matter of Rome, which included material derived from or inspired by classical mythology. History The three "Matters" were first described in the 12th century by French poet Jean Bodel, whose epic ' ("Song of the Saxons") contains the line: The name distinguishes and relates the Matter of Britain from the mythological themes taken from classical antiquity, the "Matter of Rome", and the tales of the Paladins of Charlemagne and their wars with the Moors and Saracens, which constituted the " Matter of France". King Arthur is the chief subject of the Matter of Britain, along with stories relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siedlęcin Wieża Książęca Gotyckie Malowidła ścienne Porwanie Ginewry Przez Meleaganta
Siedlęcin (german: Boberröhrsdorf) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jeżów Sudecki, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Lower Silesian Voivodeship, or Lower Silesia Province, in southwestern Poland, is one of the 16 voivodeships (provinces) into which Poland is divided. The voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wrocław, Legnica, Wałbrz ..., in south-western Poland. It lies approximately west of Jeżów Sudecki, north-west of Jelenia Góra, and west of the regional capital Wrocław. The most important historical monument in Siedlęcin is the 14th century Siedlęcin Tower. The river Bóbr runs through the lower part of the village. References External linksDagmara Adamska, Siedlęcin, czyli „wieś Rudigera”. Studia nad średniowiecznym osadnictwem wokół Jeleniej Góry, In: Wieża książęca w Siedlęcinie w świetle dotychczasowych badań. Podsumowanie na 700-lecie budowy obiektu, ed. P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warlord Chronicles
''The Warlord Chronicles'' or ''The Warlord Trilogy'' is a series of three novels about Arthurian Sub-Roman Britain, Britain written by Bernard Cornwell. The story is written as a mixture of historical fiction and Arthurian legend. The books were originally published between 1995 and 1997 by Penguin Books, Penguin and Michael Joseph (publisher), Michael Joseph in the United Kingdom and by St. Martin's Press in the United States, in hardcover and paperback editions, each with different ISBNs. It is currently being adapted for television as ''The Winter King (television series), The Winter King''. Books in the trilogy * ''The Winter King (novel), The Winter King'' (1995) * ''Enemy of God (novel), Enemy of God'' (1996) * ''Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur, Excalibur'' (1997) Treatment of legend and history The story is written as if it took place in Dark Age Britain as described in the original Welsh legends, with appropriate types of technology, culture, warfare, and attitudes. Cornw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |