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King Arthur King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a legendary king of Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In the earliest traditions, Arthur appears as a ...

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6th century

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De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'' ( la, On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain, sometimes just ''On the Ruin of Britain'') is a work written in Latin by the 6th-century AD British cleric St Gildas. It is a sermon in three parts condemning ...

'' by

Gildas Gildas (Breton: ''Gweltaz''; c. 450/500 – c. 570) — also known as Gildas the Wise or ''Gildas Sapiens'' — was a 6th-century British monk best known for his scathing religious polemic ''De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae'', which recounts ...

, mentions the

Battle of Mons Badonicus The Battle of Badon /ˈbeɪdən/ also known as the Battle of Mons Badonicus ( la, obsessio isBadonici montis, "Blockade/Siege of the Badonic Hill"; ''Bellum in monte Badonis'', "Battle on Badon Hill"; ''Bellum Badonis'', "Battle of Badon"; Old ...

, but famously neglects to mention Arthur

9th century

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Historia Brittonum ''The History of the Britons'' ( la, Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of the indigenous British (Brittonic) people that was written around 828 and survives in numerous recensions that date from after the 11th century. The ''Historia Bri ...

'' attributed to

Nennius Nennius – or Nemnius or Nemnivus – was a Welsh monk of the 9th century. He has traditionally been attributed with the authorship of the ''Historia Brittonum'', based on the prologue affixed to that work. This attribution is widely considered ...

10th century

Latin

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Annales Cambriae The (Latin for ''Annals of Wales'') is the title given to a complex of Latin chronicles compiled or derived from diverse sources at St David's in Dyfed, Wales. The earliest is a 12th-century presumed copy of a mid-10th-century original; later ed ...

'', anonymous

Welsh

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Preiddeu Annwfn ''Preiddeu Annwfn'' or ''Preiddeu Annwn'' ( en, The Spoils of Annwfn) is a cryptic poem of sixty lines in Middle Welsh, found in the Book of Taliesin. The text recounts an expedition with King Arthur to Annwfn or Annwn, the Welsh name for the ...

'' attributed to

Taliesin Taliesin ( , ; 6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the '' Book of Taliesin''. Taliesin was a renowned bard who is believed to have sung at the courts ...

* "'' Pa Gur yv y Porthaur'' " or "Who is the gatekeeper?", anonymous ( a dialogue between Arthur and a gatekeeper, in which he boasts about Cei

Sir Kay In Arthurian legend, Sir Kay ( cy, Cai, Middle Welsh ''Kei'' or ''Cei''; la, Caius; French: ''Keu''; Old French: ''Kès'' or ''Kex'') is King Arthur's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. ...

's battle with the

Cath Palug (also , , , literally 'Palug's cat') was a monstrous cat in Welsh legend, given birth in by the pig Henwen of Cornwall; the cat was later to haunt the Isle of Anglesey, and was said to have killed 180 warriors when Sir Kay went to the island t ...

) * ''

Englynion y Beddau The ''Englynion y Beddau'' ( en, The Stanzas or Verses of the Graves) is a Middle Welsh verse catalogue listing the resting places (''beddau'') of legendary heroes. It consists of a series of ''englynion'', or short stanzas in quantitative meter, ...

'' or ''Stanzas of the graves'', anonymous (Arthur's grave site is a mystery)

11th century

Latin

* ''The Legend of St. Goeznovius'', anonymous c. 1019
(Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be reference to his immortality. Vortigern mentioned) *'' Vita Sancti Cadoc'' by Lifris of Llancarfan c. 1086
(Arthur wants to ravish

Gwladys Saint Gwladys ferch Brychan () or St Gladys ( la, Gladusa), daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog, was the queen of the saint-king Gwynllyw Milwr and the mother of Cadoc "the Wise", whose ''Vita'' may be the earliest saint's life to mention ...

whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and

Bedivere Bedivere ( or ; cy, Bedwyr; la, Beduerus; french: link=no, Bédoier, also Bedevere and other spellings) is one of the earliest characters to be featured in the legend of King Arthur, originally described in several Welsh texts as the one-hand ...

's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns.)

Welsh

* Trioedd Ynys Prydein (''Triads of the Isle of Britain'') 11th–14th century. (Twelve triads referring to Arthur. Others mention ( Mabon) and Drystan (

Tristan Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed ...

), etc.) ** ''Trioedd y meirch'' (''The Triads of the Horses'') (Mentions the horse names of Cei (

), Gwalchmai's horse Ceincaled.) ** ''Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain'' (

Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain The Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain (Welsh: ''Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain'') are a series of items in late-medieval Welsh tradition. Lists of the items appear in texts dating to the 15th and 16th centuries.Jones, Mary"Tri Thlws a ...

) 15th–16th centuries "Period of the ''Cywyddwyr''" ** ''Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys ''(Twenty-four Knights of Arthur's Court) 15th–16th centuries Mentions the sword

Caledfwlch Excalibur () is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes also attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain. It was associated with the Arthurian legend very early on. Excalibur and the Sword in the ...

and the spear Rhongomiant

12th century

Welsh

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Culhwch and Olwen ''Culhwch and Olwen'' ( cy, Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest, c. 1400, and a fragmented version in the Whit ...

'', anonymous, c. 1100

Latin

*'' Vita Sancti Carannog'' c. 1100 (At Arthur's requests,

Carantoc Saint Carantoc ( cy, Carannog; ga, Cairnech; br, Karanteg; la, Carantocus), also anglicized as Carantock, Carannog and by other spellings, was a 6th-century abbot, confessor, and saint in Wales and the West Country. He is credited with foundin ...

tames a dragon. Cato (=Kay) is depicted as feeding it.) *'' Vita Sancti Euflami'' c. 1100 (Arthur cannot defeat dragon, but Efflam causes it to plunge from a rock through prayer) *'' Vita Sancti Paternus'' c. 1120s (Mentions Arthur and Caradoc) *''

Gesta Regum Anglorum The ''Gesta Regum Anglorum'' (Latin for "Deeds of the Kings of the English"), originally titled ("On the Deeds of the Kings of the English") and also anglicized as or , is an early-12th-century history of the kings of England by William of Malme ...

'' by

William of Malmesbury William of Malmesbury ( la, Willelmus Malmesbiriensis; ) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. He has been ranked among the most talented English historians since Bede. Modern historian C. Warren Hollister described him as "a ...

1125 (Arthur wears image of Mary; Discovery of Gawain's tomb.) *''Historia Anglorum'' by

Henry of Huntingdon Henry of Huntingdon ( la, Henricus Huntindoniensis; 1088 – AD 1157), the son of a canon in the diocese of Lincoln, was a 12th-century English historian and the author of ''Historia Anglorum'' (Medieval Latin for "History of the English"), ...

1129 (Mentions Arthur) *'' Vita Santi Gildae'' by Caradoc of Llancarfan c. 1120–1130 (early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative.) *Works of

Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiograph ...

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Historia Regum Britanniae ''Historia regum Britanniae'' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called ''De gestis Britonum'' (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. I ...

'' c. 1136–8 **''

Vita Merlini ''Vita Merlini'', or ''The Life of Merlin'', is a Latin poem in 1,529 hexameter lines written around the year 1150. Though doubts have in the past been raised about its authorship it is now widely believed to be by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It tel ...

'' c. 1150 -These stores are the main source of information for those writing on the legend. * ''

De miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis ''De miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis'', generally ascribed to Herman of Tournai, is a Latin work written in the 1140s which describes two fundraising tours of northern France and southern England made by the canons of Laon Cathedral in 1112 ...

'' by Herman of Tournai 1147 (early witness to the legend of Arthur's survival) * '' Life of Saint Kentigern'' by

Jocelyn of Furness Jocelyn of Furness (fl. 1175–1214) was an English Cistercian hagiographer, known for his Lives of Saint Waltheof, Saint Patrick, Saint Kentigern and Saint Helena of Constantinople. He is probably responsible for the popular legendary associati ...

c. 1185 (Contains a version of the legend of

Merlin Merlin ( cy, Myrddin, kw, Marzhin, br, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a mage, with several other main roles. His usual depiction, based on an amalgamation of historic and le ...

, here called

Lailoken Lailoken (aka Merlyn Sylvester) was a semi-legendary madman and prophet who lived in the Caledonian Forest in the late 6th century. The ''Life of Saint Kentigern'' mentions "a certain foolish man, who was called ''Laleocen''" living at or near the ...

) *'' Vita Sancti Illtud'' c. 1190s (

Illtud Saint Illtud (also spelled Illtyd, Eltut, and, in Latin, Hildutus), also known as Illtud Farchog or Illtud the Knight, is venerated as the abbot teacher of the divinity school, Bangor Illtyd, located in Llanilltud Fawr (Llantwit Major) in Gla ...

came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court.

King Mark Mark of Cornwall ( la, Marcus, kw, Margh, cy, March, br, Marc'h) was a sixth-century King of Kernow (Cornwall), possibly identical with King Conomor. He is best known for his appearance in Arthurian legend as the uncle of Tristan and the husb ...

mentioned.)

French and Anglo-Norman

* ''

Roman de Brut The ''Brut'' or ''Roman de Brut'' (completed 1155) by the poet Wace is a loose and expanded translation in almost 15,000 lines of Norman-French verse of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin ''History of the Kings of Britain''. It was formerly known as ...

'' by

Wace Wace ( 1110 – after 1174), sometimes referred to as Robert Wace, was a Medieval Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the ''Roman de Rou'' that he was taken as a child to Caen), ending his care ...

c. 1155 (an

Anglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to: *Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066 * Anglo-Norman language **Anglo-Norman literature * Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...

verse reworking of ''

'') * ''

'' by

Thomas of Britain Thomas of Britain (also known as Thomas of England) was a poet of the 12th century. He is known for his Old French poem ''Tristan'', a version of the Tristan and Iseult legend that exists only in eight fragments, amounting to around 3,300 lines of v ...

c. 1170s * ''Tristan'' by

Béroul Béroul was a Norman or Breton poet of the 12th century. He wrote ''Tristan'', a Norman language version of the legend of Tristan and Iseult of which a certain number of fragments (approximately 3000 verses) have been preserved; it is the earlies ...

c. 1170s * ''

Folie Tristan d'Oxford The ''Folie Tristan d’Oxford'', also known as the Oxford ''Folie Tristan'', ''The Madness of Tristan'', or ''Tristan’s Madness'', is a poem in 998 octosyllabic lines written in Anglo-Norman, the form of the Norman language spoken in England. ...

'', c. 1175–1200 * '' The Lais'' of

Marie de France Marie de France ( fl. 1160 to 1215) was a poet, possibly born in what is now France, who lived in England during the late 12th century. She lived and wrote at an unknown court, but she and her work were almost certainly known at the royal court ...

c. 1170s **'' Lanval'' ** ''

Chevrefoil "Chevrefoil" is a Breton lai by the medieval poet Marie de France. The eleventh poem in the collection called ''The Lais of Marie de France'', its subject is an episode from the romance of Tristan and Iseult. The title means "honeysuckle," a symbol ...

'' c. 1170s (an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story) *The poems of

Chrétien de Troyes Chrétien de Troyes (Modern ; fro, Crestien de Troies ; 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects, and for first writing of Lancelot, Percival and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's works, including ''E ...

** ''

Erec and Enide , original_title_lang = fro , translator = , written = c. 1170 , country = , language = Old French , subject = Arthurian legend , genre = Chivalric romance , form ...

'' c. 1170s ** '' Cligés'' c. 1170s ** ''

Yvain, the Knight of the Lion , original_title_lang = fro , translator = , written = between 1178 and 1181 , country = , language = Old French , subject = Arthurian legend , genre = Chivalric romance , fo ...

'' c. 1180s ** ''

Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart , original_title_lang = fro , translator = , written = between 1177 and 1181 , country = , language = Old French , subject = Arthurian legend , genre = Chivalric romance , fo ...

'' c. 1180s ** ''

Perceval, le Conte du Graal ''Perceval, the Story of the Grail'' (french: Perceval ou le Conte du Graal) is the unfinished fifth verse romance by Chrétien de Troyes, written by him in Old French in the late 12th century. Later authors added 54,000 more lines in what are kn ...

'' c. 1190 ** ''Tristan'' mentioned but non-extant *The poems of

Robert de Boron Robert de Boron (also spelled in the manuscripts "Roberz", "Borron", "Bouron", "Beron") was a French poet of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, notable as the reputed author of the poems and ''Merlin''. Although little is known of him apart f ...

**''

Joseph d'Arimathie Joseph of Arimathea was, according to all four canonical gospels, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. The historical location of Arimathea is uncertain, although it has been identified with several ...

'' ** ''

'' ** ''Perceval'' ::(Robert de Borons verse ''Josephe d'Arimathie'' and 300 lines of ''Merlin'' are extant. A prose version of ''Josephe d'Arimathie'', ''Merlin'', ''Perzival'' trilogy, supposedly by Robert exists in two MSS.) * ''Lai du Cor'' by Robert Biket. (Caradoc succeeds in drinking from horn, proves wife's chastity.) * '' La Mantel Mautaillé''. (Caradoc's wife passes chastity test by wearing ill-fitting mantel.) * ''

La Mule sans frein ''La Mule sans frein'' (English: ''The Mule Without a Bridle'') or ''La Demoiselle à la mule'' (English: ''The Damsel with the Mule'') is a short romance dating from the late 12th century or early 13th century. It comprises 1,136 lines in octosyl ...

'' c. 1200

German

* ''Tristan'' by

Eilhart von Oberge Eilhart von Oberge was a German poet of the late 12th century. He is known exclusively through his Middle High German romance ''Tristrant'', the oldest surviving complete version of the Tristan and Iseult story in any language.''The Arthurian Handbo ...

c. 1170s * ''

Lanzelet ''Lanzelet'' is a medieval romance written by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven after 1194. It is the first treatment of the Lancelot tradition in German, and contains the earliest known account of the hero's childhood with the Lady of the Lake-like figure ...

'' by

Ulrich von Zatzikhoven Ulrich von Zatzikhoven was the author of the Middle High German Arthurian romance ''Lanzelet''. Ulrich's name and his place of origin (''Zezikon'' in Switzerland) are only known definitively from the work itself. However, it is generally accepted ...

late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of ''Lancelot'' that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous ''Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart''. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.) * The poems of

Hartmann von Aue Hartmann von Aue, also known as Hartmann von Ouwe, (born ''c.'' 1160–70, died ''c.'' 1210–20) was a German knight and poet. With his works including ''Erec'', '' Iwein'', ''Gregorius'', and ''Der arme Heinrich'', he introduced the Arthurian ...

**''

Iwein ''Iwein'' is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes' Old French ''Yvain, the Knight of the Lion'', it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a k ...

'', late 12th century (German adaptation of Chrétien's ''

'') **''

Erec The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ...

'', late 12th century (expanded reworking of Chrétien's ''

Erec and Enide , original_title_lang = fro , translator = , written = c. 1170 , country = , language = Old French , subject = Arthurian legend , genre = Chivalric romance , form ...

'')

13th century

French, Anglo-Norman or Provençal

* ''

Roman de Fergus {{no footnotes, date=October 2015 The ''Roman de Fergus'' is an Arthurian romance written in Old French probably at the very beginning of the 13th century, by a very well educated author who named himself Guillaume le Clerc (William the Clerk). ...

'' by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s * ''

Jaufré ''Jaufre'' (also called ''Jaufré'' or ''Jaufri'') is the only surviving Arthurian romance written in Occitan. A verse romance approximately 11,000 lines long, its main character is equivalent to Sir Griflet son of Do, a Knight of the Round Tabl ...

'' c. 1180 or 1225 (

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language Occitan (; o ...

verse) * ''

La Vengeance Raguidel ''La Vengeance Raguidel'' is a 13th-century La vengeance Raguidel', ''Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français''. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities poem written in Old French. It is widely, although not universally, attributed t ...

'' c. 1200–1225 by Raoul (sometimes identified as Raoul de Houdenc) *

Lancelot-Grail The ''Lancelot-Grail'', also known as the Vulgate Cycle or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is an early 13th-century French Arthurian literary cycle consisting of interconnected prose episodes of chivalric romance in Old French. The cycle of unknown authors ...

(Vulgate Cycle), anonymous c. 1210s–1230s ** ''Estoire del Saint Grail'' ** ''Estoire de Merlin'' ** ''Lancelot propre'' ** ''Queste del Saint Graal'' ** ''Mort Artu'' *''

Perlesvaus ''Perlesvaus'', also called ''Li Hauz Livres du Graal'' (''The High Book of the Grail''), is an Old French Arthurian romance dating to the first decade of the 13th century. It purports to be a continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished ''Perc ...

'', anonymous, c. 1210s * Prose ''Tristan'' by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (c. 1240) * ''

Roman de Silence ''Le Roman de Silence'' is an octosyllabic verse Old French ''roman'' in the Picard dialect, dated to the first half of the 13th century. It is the only work attributed to ''Heldris de Cornuälle'' (Heldris of Cornwall, an Arthurian pseudonym). Du ...

'' by Heldrius de Cornwall c. 1260s *

Post-Vulgate Cycle The ''Post-Vulgate Cycle'', also known as the Post-Vulgate Arthuriad, the Post-Vulgate ''Roman du Graal'' (''Romance of the Grail'') or the Pseudo-Robert de Boron Cycle, is one of the major Old French prose cycles of Arthurian literature from th ...

, anonymous (begun 1230s, finished 1240s) *

L'âtre périlleux ''L'âtre périlleux'' (Old French ''L'atre perillous'',Ms. 2168 fr. of the BnFf. 1r at the top of the page. English The Perilous CemeteryN. Black, 1994.M.-L., Charue, 1998.) is an anonymous 13th century poem written in Old French in which Gawain i ...

, anonymous (c. 1250) * ''Roman de Roi Artus'' aka ''Compilation'' by Rusticiano (

Rustichello da Pisa Rustichello da Pisa, also known as Rusticiano (fl. late 13th century), was an Italian Romance (heroic literature), romance writer in Franco-Italian language. He is best known for co-writing Marco Polo's autobiography, ''The Travels of Marco Polo' ...

); Franco-Italian, c. 1290s–1300 ** ''Gyron le courtois'' (A portion of the ''Compilation'' published 1501?) ** ''Meliadus de Leonnoys'' (Another portion, published 1528 by

Galliot du Pré Galliot du Pré (d. April 1560) was a Parisian bookseller and publisher. In May 1514 the Royal Chancery of Louis XII granted du Pré the privilege of exclusive rights. This was confirmed in 1515 by Francis I. Galliot du Pré's imprint devic ...

, 1532 by Denys Janot)

German

* ''Tristan'' by

Gottfried von Strassburg Gottfried von Strassburg (died c. 1210) is the author of the Middle High German courtly romance ', an adaptation of the 12th-century ''Tristan and Iseult'' legend. Gottfried's work is regarded, alongside the ''Nibelungenlied'' and Wolfram von Esc ...

c. 1210s * ''

Parzival ''Parzival'' is a medieval romance (heroic literature), romance by the knight-poet Wolfram von Eschenbach in Middle High German. The poem, commonly dated to the first quarter of the 13th century, centers on the Arthurian hero Percival, Parziva ...

'' by

Wolfram von Eschenbach Wolfram von Eschenbach (; – ) was a German knight, poet and composer, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of medieval German literature. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry. Life Little is known of Wolfram's life. There are ...

c. 1210s * ''

Daniel von Blumenthal Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

'' by

Der Stricker Der Stricker is the pseudonym of a 13th-century Middle High German itinerant poet whose real name has been lost to history. His name, which means "The Knitter," may indicate he was a commoner; he was likely from Franconia but later worked in Austri ...

c. 1220 * ''

Diu Crône ''Diu Crône'' ( en, The Crown) is a Middle High German poem of about 30,000 lines treating of King Arthur and the Matter of Britain, dating from around the 1220s and attributed to the epic poet Heinrich von dem Türlin. Little is known of the ...

Heinrich von dem Türlin Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

* The poems of

Der Pleier Der Pleier is the pen name of a 13th-century German poet whose real name is unknown. Three of his works survive, all Middle High German romances on Arthurian legend, Arthurian subjects: ''Garel'', ''Tandareis und Flordibel'', and ''Meleranz''. Littl ...

** '' Garel von dem blühenden Tal'', c. 1230s or c. 1250–80 ** ''Tandareis und Flordibel'' c. 1250–80 ** ''Meleranz'' c. 1250–80 * ''Der Mantel'', once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin. (The "ill-fitting mantle" chastity test theme)

Norse

* Brother Robert's prose renditions **''Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar'' 1226 (Norse reworking ''Tristan'' by

) ** ''Ivens saga'' 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien's ''Yvain, the Knight of the Lion'') ** '' Erex saga'', perhaps originally by Robert. (Text probably changed in MS. transmission. A Norse reworking of Chrétien's ''Erec and Enide'') ** '' Möttuls saga'', adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" story. *

Strengleikar ''Strengleikar'' (English: ''Stringed Instruments'') is a collection of twenty-one Old Norse prose tales based on the Old French '' Lais'' of Marie de France. It is one of the literary works commissioned by King Haakon IV of Norway (r. 1217-1263) ...

(Translations of lais mostly by

) ** "Geitarlauf" (Translation of ''

'') ** "Januals ljóð" (Translation of '' Lanval'')

English

* '' Brut'' by

Layamon Layamon or Laghamon (, ; ) – spelled Laȝamon or Laȝamonn in his time, occasionally written Lawman – was an English poet of the late 12th/early 13th century and author of the ''Brut'', a notable work that was the first to present the legend ...

(English reworking of

) * ''

Sir Tristrem ''Sir Tristrem'' is a 13th-century Middle English romance of 3,344 lines, preserved in the Auchinleck manuscript in the National Library of Scotland The National Library of Scotland (NLS) ( gd, Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba, sco, Naitiona ...

'' c. 1300 (English reworking of ''Tristan'' by Thomas of Britain) * '' Arthour and Merlin'' c. 1300

Dutch

* ''Walewein en het schaakbord'', by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert *'' Roman van Ferguut'' (translation and reworking of the ''

'') *The ''

Lancelot Compilation The Lancelot Compilation is the name given to a Middle Dutch collection, produced ca. 1320, containing seven Arthurian romances folded into the three parts of the Lancelot-Grail cycle. Lancelot in Dutch Arthurian romance must have been widespread ...

'' (an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail and other romances, 10 in all:) ** ''Lanceloet'' ** ''Perchevael'' ** ''

Moriaen ''Moriaen'' (also spelled ''Moriaan'', ''Morien'') is a 13th-century Arthurian legend, Arthurian romance in Middle Dutch language, Middle Dutch. A 4,720-line version is preserved in the vast Lancelot Compilation, and a short fragment exists at th ...

'' (''Morien'') ** ''Queeste vanden Grale'' ** ''Wrake van Ragisel'' (Adaptation of ''Vengeance Raguidel'') ** ''Ridder metter mouwen'' ("The Knight with the Sleeve" ) ** ''Walewein ende Keye'' ** ''Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet'' ("Lancelot and the Stag with the White Foot") ** ''Torec'', by

Jacob van Maerlant Jacob van Maerlant (c. 1230–40 – c. 1288–1300) was a Flemish poet of the 13th century and one of the most important Middle Dutch authors during the Middle Ages. Biography Jacob van Maerlant was born near Bruges. He becam ...

** ''Arturs doet''

Hebrew

*''Melech Artus'' ("King Artus"), a 1279 Hebrew translation, and the first in that language, which was published in Italy. Contains several short parts of the

Vulgate Cycle The ''Lancelot-Grail'', also known as the Vulgate Cycle or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is an early 13th-century French Arthurian literary cycle consisting of interconnected prose episodes of chivalric romance in Old French. The cycle of unknown author ...

: the Pendragon's seduction of Igraine and Arthur's death. Total of 5 pages, at the end of a larger codex on calendar astronomy titled ''Sefer ha-I'bbur'' ("the book of making leap years"). Anonymous author.

Welsh

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Brut y Brenhinedd ''Brut y Brenhinedd'' ("Chronicle of the Kings") is a collection of variant Middle Welsh versions of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin ''Historia Regum Britanniae''. About 60 versions survive, with the earliest dating to the mid-13th century. Adaptat ...

'', Welsh chronicle adaptation of

's ''

'' *''

The Dream of Rhonabwy ''The Dream of Rhonabwy'' ( cy, Breuddwyd Rhonabwy) is a Middle Welsh prose tale. Set during the reign of Madog ap Maredudd, prince of Powys (died 1160), its composition is typically dated to somewhere between the late 12th through the late 14th c ...

'', anonymous *''

The Black Book of Carmarthen The Black Book of Carmarthen ( cy, Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin) is thought to be the earliest surviving manuscript written solely in Welsh. The book dates from the mid-13th century; its name comes from its association with the Priory of St. John the E ...

'', anonymous (mentions Arthur)

14th century

English

* '' Alliterative Morte Arthure'', anonymous * ''

Stanzaic Morte Arthur The Stanzaic ''Morte Arthur'' is an anonymous 14th-century Middle English poem in 3,969 lines, about the adulterous affair between Lancelot and Guinevere, and Lancelot's tragic dissension with King Arthur. The poem is usually called the Stanzaic ' ...

'', anonymous * '' The Avowyng of Arthur'' * ''

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle ''The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle'' (''The Weddynge of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell'') is a 15th-century English poem, one of several versions of the "loathly lady" story popular during the Middle Ages. An earlier version of the story ...

'', anonymous * ''

The Awntyrs off Arthure ''The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne'' (''The Adventures of Arthur at Tarn Wadling'') is an Arthurian romance of 702 lines written in Middle English alliterative verse. Despite its title, it centres on the deeds of Sir Gawain. The poem ...

'', anonymous * ''

Sir Cleges ''Sir Cleges'' is a medieval English verse chivalric romanceLaura A. Hibbard, ''Medieval Romance in England'' p79 New York Burt Franklin,1963 written in tail-rhyme stanzas in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century. It is clearly a minstrel ...

'' (not closely related to Chrestien's ''Cliges''; set in

Uther Pendragon Uther Pendragon (Brittonic) (; cy, Ythyr Ben Dragwn, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon), also known as King Uther, was a legendary King of the Britons in sub-Roman Britain (c. 6th century). Uther was also the father of King Arthur. A few m ...

's court.) * ''

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of f ...

'' by

The Pearl Poet The "Gawain Poet" (), or less commonly the "Pearl Poet",Andrew, M. "Theories of Authorship" (1997) in Brewer (ed). ''A Companion to the Gawain-poet'', Boydell & Brewer, p.23 (''fl.'' late 14th century) is the name given to the author of ''Sir ...

* ''

Sir Launfal ''Sir Launfal'' is a 1045-line Middle English romance or Breton lay written by Thomas Chestre dating from the late 14th century. It is based primarily on the 538-line Middle English poem ''Sir Landevale'', which in turn was based on Marie de France ...

'' by

Thomas Chestre Thomas Chestre was the author of a 14th-century Middle English romance ''Sir Launfal'', a verse romance of 1045 lines based ultimately on Marie de France's Breton lay '' Lanval''. He was possibly also the author of the 2200-line ''Libeaus Desconu ...

(a remaking of the lai of '' Lanval'') * '' Sir Libeaus Desconus'' * ''

Yvain and Gawain ''Ywain and Gawain'' is an early-14th century Middle English Arthurian verse romance based quite closely upon the late-12th-century Old French romance '' The Knight of the Lion'' by Chrétien de Troyes. Plot Ywain, one of King Arthur's Knights o ...

'' * ''

Sir Perceval of Galles ''Sir Perceval of Galles'' is a Middle English Arthurian verse romance whose protagonist, Sir Perceval (Percival), first appeared in medieval literature in Chrétien de Troyes' final poem, the 12th-century Old French '' Conte del Graal'', well ov ...

'' * ''Lancelot of the Laik''

Welsh

(All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial) * ''

Mabinogion The ''Mabinogion'' () are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. There are two main source manuscripts, create ...

'', anonymous * ''Culhwch and Olwen'' (recorded) * The

Welsh Romances The Three Welsh Romances ( Welsh: ') are three Middle Welsh tales associated with the '' Mabinogion''. They are versions of Arthurian tales that also appear in the work of Chrétien de Troyes. Critics have debated whether the Welsh Romances are b ...

** '' Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain'' ** ''

Geraint and Enid Geraint () is a character from Welsh folklore and Arthurian legend, a valiant warrior possibly related to the historical Geraint, an early 8th-century king of Dumnonia. It is also the name of a 6th-century Dumnonian saint king from Briton hagi ...

'' ** ''

Peredur, son of Efrawg ''Peredur son of Efrawg'' is one of the Three Welsh Romances associated with the '' Mabinogion''. It tells a story roughly analogous to Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished romance ''Perceval, the Story of the Grail'', but it contains many striking d ...

Italian

* ''Tavola Rottonda'', anonymous

French

* ''

Perceforest ''Perceforest'' or ''Le Roman de Perceforest'' is an anonymous prose chivalric romance, written in French around 1340, with lyrical interludes of poetry, that describes a fictional origin of Great Britain and provides an original genesis of the Art ...

'', anonymous

Catalan

* '' La Faula'' by

Guillem de Torroella Guillem de Torroella (also written Torroelha) was a Majorcan poet whose family came from Empordà. He was born in 1348. He wrote the ''Faula'' in Occitan (and a small part in French) around 1370. It was edited in 2007 in the ''Library of Majorcan ...

Greek

* ''Presbys Hippotes'' (Greek reworking of part of

's ''Compilations'')

15th century

English

* ''Arthur'' * ''

Le Morte d'Arthur ' (originally written as '; inaccurate Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Rou ...

'' by Sir

Thomas Malory Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of '' Le Morte d'Arthur'', the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of '' Le Morte d' ...

* ''Prose'' Merlin * "

King Arthur and King Cornwall "King Arthur and King Cornwall" is an English ballad surviving in fragmentary form in the 17th-century Percy Folio manuscript. An Arthurian story, it was collected by Francis James Child as Child Ballad 30. Unlike other Child Ballads, but like th ...

" *''

Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle ''Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle'' is a Middle English tail-rhyme romance of 660 lines, composed in about 1400. A similar story is told in a 17th-century minstrel piece found in the Percy Folio and known as ''The Carle of Carlisle''. These a ...

Italian

* ''

Orlando Innamorato ''Orlando Innamorato'' (; known in English as "''Orlando in Love''"; in Italian titled "''Orlando innamorato''" as the " I" is never capitalized) is an epic poem written by the Italian Renaissance author Matteo Maria Boiardo. The poem is a roman ...

'' by

Matteo Maria Boiardo Matteo Maria Boiardo (, ; 144019/20 December 1494) was an Italian Renaissance poet, best known for his epic poem ''Orlando innamorato''. Early life Boiardo was born in 1440,

* ''

Tavola Ritonda ''La Tavola Ritonda'' (''The Round Table'') is a 15th-century Italian Arthurian romance written in the medieval Tuscan language. It is preserved in a 1446 manuscript at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale in Florence (''Codex Palatinus 556''). It wa ...

'', anonymous

Icelandic

* ''Skikkju Rimur'', (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story)

Breton

* '' An Dialog etre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff'', anonymous

16th century

English

* ''Arthur of Little Britain'' * ''

The Greene Knight ''The Greene Knight'' is a late medieval rhyming romance, found in the Percy Folio Manuscript. The storyline effectively parallels the more famous ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' in describing the dealings of Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, wit ...

,'' c. 1500 * ''

The Boy and the Mantle "The Boy and the Mantle" is Child ballad number 29, (Roud #3961) an Arthurian story. Unlike the ballads before it, and like " King Arthur and King Cornwall" and "The Marriage of Sir Gawain" immediately after it in the collection, this is not a fo ...

(ballad in the

Percy folio The Percy Folio is a folio book of English ballads used by Thomas Percy to compile his '' Reliques of Ancient Poetry''. Although the manuscript itself was compiled in the 17th century, some of its material goes back well into the 12th century. It ...

, chastity test story of the "ill-fitting mantle" and the horn)'' * ''

The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain ''The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain'' (also commonly spelt ''Golagros and Gawane'') is a Middle Scots Arthurian romance written in alliterative verse of 1362 lines, known solely from a printed edition of 1508 in the possession of the Natio ...

,'' 1508 * ''The Jeaste of Sir Gawain'' * ''

The Misfortunes of Arthur ''The Misfortunes of Arthur, Uther Pendragon's son reduced into tragical notes'' is a play by the 16th-century English dramatist Thomas Hughes. Written in 1587, it was performed at Greenwich before Queen Elizabeth I on February 28, 1588. The play ...

'' by Thomas Hughes, 1587 * ''

The Faerie Queene ''The Faerie Queene'' is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books IIII were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IVVI. ''The Faerie Queene'' is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 sta ...

'' by

Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of ...

, 1590

Welsh

* ''Tristan Romance'', preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS.

Byelo-Russian

* ''Povest Trychane'' 1560s

17th century

English

* Works of

Richard Johnson Richard or Dick Johnson may refer to: Academics * Dick Johnson (academic) (1929–2019), Australian academic * Richard C. Johnson (1930–2003), professor of electrical engineering * Richard A. Johnson, artist and professor at the University of ...

** ''

Tom a Lincoln ''Tom a Lincoln'' is a romance by the English writer Richard Johnson, published in two parts in 1599 and 1607. The principal character, Tom, is a bastard son of King Arthur and a girl named Angelica. He is the father of two other important chara ...

'' (1607) ** ''The History of

Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. ''The History of Tom Thumb'' was published in 1621 and was the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangl ...

e, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe'' (1621) * ''

The Birth of Merlin ''The Birth of Merlin, or, The Child Hath Found his Father'' is a Jacobean play, probably written in whole or part by William Rowley. It was first performed in 1622 at the Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch. It contains a comic depiction of the bir ...

, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father'' by

William Rowley William Rowley (c. 1585 – February 1626) was an English Jacobean dramatist, best known for works written in collaboration with more successful writers. His date of birth is estimated to have been c. 1585; he was buried on 11 February 1626 in ...

(?1620; first published 1662) * Works of

Richard Blackmore Sir Richard Blackmore (22 January 1654 – 9 October 1729), English poet and physician, is remembered primarily as the object of satire and as an epic poet, but he was also a respected medical doctor and theologian. Earlier years He was born ...

** ''Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books'' (1695) ** ''King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books'' (1697)

Yiddish

* ''Widwilt'' (Yiddish reworking of ''Le Bel Inconnu'')

18th century

*Warton, Thomas (1728–1790) ** "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777) ** "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777) * ''

Vortigern and Rowena ''Vortigern and Rowena'', or ''Vortigern, an Historical Play'', is a play that was touted as a newly discovered work by William Shakespeare when it first appeared in 1796. It was eventually revealed to be a Shakespeare hoax, the product of promi ...

'' by W. H. Ireland (1799) (A Shakespearian forgery)

19th century

* " Arthur o' Bower" (1805) * ''

The Lady of Shalott "The Lady of Shalott" is a lyrical ballad by the 19th-century English poet Alfred Tennyson and one of his best-known works. Inspired by the 13th-century Italian short prose text '' Donna di Scalotta'', the poem tells the tragic story of Elain ...

'' by

Alfred, Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...

(1833) * ''The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights'' by James Knowles (1862) * ''

The Boy's King Arthur ''The Boy's King Arthur'' (republished in 1950 under the title ''King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table'') was an abridged version of Malory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' edited by Sidney Lanier and published in 1880. It was intended as a childr ...

'' by

Sidney Lanier Sidney Clopton Lanier (February 3, 1842 – September 7, 1881) was an American musician, poet and author. He served in the Confederate States Army as a private, worked on a blockade-running ship for which he was imprisoned (resulting in his catch ...

(1880) * ''

Tristram of Lyonesse ''Tristram of Lyonesse'' is a long epic poem written by the British poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, that recounts in grand fashion the famous medieval story of the ill-fated lovers Tristan and Isolde (Tristram and Iseult in Swinburne's version). ...

'' by

Algernon Charles Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as ''Poems and Ballads'', and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition ...

(1882) * ''Idylls of the King'' by

(1859–1885) * ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' by Mark Twain (1889)

20th century

English

* Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including: ** "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903) ** "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905) ** "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907) ** "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910) * ''Kairo-kō'' (1905) by Natsume Sōseki * ''The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis'' (1905) by Clemence HousmanBrian Stableford, (2009), ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', page 205. Scarecrow Press. * ''War in Heaven'' (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail * ''The Little Wench'' (1935) by Philip Lindsay * Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn ** ''King of the World's Edge'' (1936) ** ''The Ship from Atlantis'' (1967) ** ''Merlin's Ring'' (1974) * ''Taliessin through Logres'' (1938) and ''The Region of the Summer Stars'' (1944) by Charles W. S. Williams (poem cycles) * ''The Once and Future King'' by T. H. White including ** ''The Sword in the Stone (novel), The Sword in the Stone'' (1938) ** ''The Queen of Air and Darkness'' (or ''The Witch in the Wood'') (1939) ** ''The Ill-Made Knight'' (1940) ** ''The Candle in the Wind'' (1958) ** ''The Book of Merlyn'' (1958) * ''That Hideous Strength'' (1945) by C. S. Lewis * ''Porius (A Romance of the Dark Ages)'' (1951) by John Cowper Powys *''King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'' (1953) by Roger Lancelyn Green * ''The Great Captains'' (1956) by Henry Treece * Rosemary Sutcliff's Arthurian novels: ** ''The Lantern Bearers (Sutcliff novel), The Lantern Bearers'' (1959) ** ''Sword at Sunset'' (1963) ** ''Tristan and Iseult (novel), Tristan and Iseult'' (1971) ** ''The Shining Company'' (1990), a retelling of the ''Y Gododdin'', which contains the earliest mention of Arthur's name ** ''The Arthurian Trilogy'' (1979–1981), re-issued in an omnibus edition in 2007 as ''The King Arthur Trilogy'': *** ''The Light Beyond the Forest'' (1979) *** ''The Sword and the Circle'' (1981) *** ''The Road to Camlann'' (1981) * ''A Trace of Memory'' (1963) by Keith Laumer * The Merlin series by Mary Stewart (novelist), Mary Stewart ** ''The Crystal Cave'' (1970) ** ''The Hollow Hills'' (1973) ** ''The Last Enchantment'' (1979) ** ''The Wicked Day'' (1983) ** ''The Prince and the Pilgrim'' (1995) * ''The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights'' (1975) by John Steinbeck * ''The Mabinogion Tetralogy'' (1974) by Evangeline Walton. * ''Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel'' by Thomas Berger (novelist), Thomas Berger (1978) * ''The Three Damosels'' (1978) and ''The Enchantresses'' (1998) by Vera Chapman (the latter with Mike Ashley (writer), Mike Ashley) * ''The Old French Tristan Poems'' (1980) by David J. Shirt * ''The Mists of Avalon'' (1983) by Marion Zimmer Bradley * ''L'Enchanteur'' (1984) by René Barjavel * ''The White Raven'' (1988) by Diana L. Paxson (Tristan and Isseult) * The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead ** ''

'' (1987) ** ''

'' (1988) ** ''King Arthur, Arthur'' (1989) ** ''Pendragon'' (1994) ** ''Grail'' (1997) ** ''Avalon'' (1999) * The Guinevere trilogy by Persia Woolley ** ''Child of the Northern Spring'' (1987) ** ''Queen of the Summer Stars'' (1991) ** ''Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn'' (1993) * ''Knight Life'' (1987), ''One Knight Only'' (2004) and ''Fall of Knight'' (2007) by Peter David * ''The Road to Avalon'' (1988) by Joan Wolf *''The King'' (1990) by Donald Barthelme *The Arthor series by A. A. Attanasio **''The Dragon and the Unicorn'' (1994) **''The Eagle and the Sword'' (1997) **''The Wolf and the Crown'' (1998) **''The Serpent and the Grail'' (1999) * ''The Child Queen'' (1994), ''The High Queen'' (1995), (collected in ''Queen of Camelot'' (2002)), ''Prince of Dreams'' (2004), and ''Grail Prince'' (2003) by Nancy McKenzie * ''I Am Mordred'' (1998) by Nancy Springer * ''Hallowed Isle'' by Diana L. Paxson: ''The Book of the Sword'' (1999), ''The Book of the Spear'' (1999), ''The Book of the Cauldron'' (1999), ''The Book of the Stone'' (2000). * The Guenevere novels by Rosalind Miles (author), Rosalind Miles ** ''Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country'' (1999) ** ''The Knight of the Sacred Lake'' (2000) ** ''Child of the Holy Grail'' (2000) * ''The Warlord Chronicles'' by Bernard Cornwell ** ''The Winter King (novel), The Winter King'' ** ''Enemy of God (novel), Enemy of God'' ** ''Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur, Excalibur'' * By Jane Yolen: ** ''Sword of the Rightful King'' ** ''The Young Merlin Trilogy'' * By Gerald Morris: ** ''The Squire's Tale'' ** ''The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady'' ** ''The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf'' ** ''Parsifal's Page'' ** ''The Ballad of Sir Dinadan'' ** ''The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight'' ** ''The Lioness and her Knight'' ** ''The Quest of the Fair Unknown'' ** ''Squire's Quest'' ** ''The Legend of the King'' ** ''The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short'' ** ''The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great'' *By Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy ** ''The Forever King'' ** ''The Broken Sword (Cochran / Murphy novel), The Broken Sword'' ** ''The Third Magic (Cochran novel), The Third Magic'' * The Coming of the King, The Coming of the King: The First Book of Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy (1988) * ''Stones of Power'' by David Gemmell ** ''Ghost King'' (1988) ** ''Last Sword of Power'' (1988) * Anonymous work, Anonymous ** ''King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'' (Illustrated Junior Library, Deluxe edition, September 1, 1950) * ''To the Chapel Perilous'' Naomi Mitchison (1955) * ''Artorius'' by John Heath-Stubbs * ''Quirinius, Britannia's Last Roman'' by Erik Hildinger (2021) * ''Our Man in Camelot'' by Anthony Price (1975) (The sixth book in the Dr. David Audley series uses the Arthur myth as a MacGuffin in a modern spy thriller.) * By Parke Godwin **''Firelord (novel), Firelord'' (1980) **''Beloved Exile'' (1984) **''The Last Rainbow'' (1985) * The Pendragon's Banner Trilogy by Helen Hollick (re-published UK 2007 & USA 2009) **Book One: ''The Kingmaking'' (1994) **Book Two: ''Pendragon's Banner'' (1995) **Book Three: ''Shadow of the King'' (1997) * The Tales of Arthur, books of The Keltiad, by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison ** ''The Hawk's Grey Feather'' (1991) ** ''The Oak Above the Kings'' (1994) ** ''The Hedge of Mist'' (1996) * ''A Dream of Eagles'' (''Camulod Chronicles'') by Jack Whyte **''The Sky Stone'' (1992) **''The Singing Sword'' (1993) **''The Eagles' Brood'' (1994) **''The Saxon Shore'' (1998) **''The Sorcerer Part 1: The Fort at River's Bend'' (1997) **''The Sorcerer Part 2: The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis'' (1999) ** ''Uther'' (2001) ** ''Clothar the Frank'' (titled ''The Lance Thrower'' outside of Canada) (2004) ** ''The Eagle (novel), The Eagle'' (2006) * The Lost Years of Merlin Epic, by T.A. Barron **''The Lost Years of Merlin'' (1996) **''The Seven Songs of Merlin'' (1997) **''The Fires of Merlin'' (1998) **''The Mirror of Merlin'' (1999) **''The Wings of Merlin'' (2000) * ''Albion (novel series), Albion'', a trilogy of historical novels by British author Patrick McCormack (1997, 2000, 2007) * ''The King Awakes'' and ''The Empty Throne'' by Janice Elliott, set in a Medieval-style society several generations after a nuclear war. Both novels deal with the return of King Arthur and his friendship with a youth from the post-holocaust world *''Merlin's Bones'' by Fred Saberhagen *''The Idylls of the Queen'' by Phyllis Ann Karr *''Eagle in the Snow'' by Wallace Breem; the coming of Arthur is foreseen by the chief of Segontium in the last page of the book *''The Winter Prince'' by Elizabeth Wein *''The Dragon Lord (Drake novel), The Dragon Lord'' by David Drake *''Merlin's Mirror'' (1975) by Andre Norton *''The Return of Merlin'' (1995) by Deepak Chopra *''Guinevere'' series (1996), by Sharan Newman. *''Black Horses for the King'' (1996) by Anne McCaffrey. *''Camelot 3000'', a comic book series that reincarnates Arthur and his knights in the far future *''The Dark Is Rising'', a series written for older children and young adults, by Susan Cooper *''The Fionavar Tapestry'', a fantasy trilogy by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay *''The Merlin Mystery'', A puzzlehunt book which focused heavily on Merlin and Nimue having a love after Arthur has been entombed; it offered a cash prize as well as a gold, silver, bronze and crystal wand. However, the puzzle went unsolved and the prize unclaimed. * The ''Down the Long Wind'' series by Gillian Bradshaw (1980–82) ** ''Hawk of May'' ** ''Kingdom of Summer'' ** ''In Winter's Shadow'' *''The Little Wench'' by Philip Lindsay *''Merlin (romance), Merlin'' (1978) by Robert Nye *''A Lady of King Arthur's Court'' (1907) by Sara Hawks Sterling

Welsh

* ''Ymadawiad Arthur'' (1902) by T. Gwynn Jones, Thomas Gwynn Jones

21st century

*''The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'' series by Michael Scott (Irish author), Michael Scott mentions many artifacts and characters from Arthurian legend *Magic Tree House, The Magic Tree House Books (1992-Present) by Mary Pope Osborne, Mary Pope Osbourne, feature Morgan le Fay, Morgan Le Fay as a prominent character in the original series. The later series, entitled Magic Tree House#Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions books, The Magic Tree House: Merlin Missions, more prominently included elements from Arthurian Legend. Includes works such as: ** ''Christmas in Camelot'' (2001) **''Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve'' (2003) ** ''Summer of the Sea Serpent'' (2004) ** ''Winter of the Ice Wizard'' (2004) **''Night of the Ninth Dragon'' (2016) *''I am Morgan le Fay'' (2001) by Nancy Springer *The Merlin Codex by Robert Holdstock **''Celtika'' (2001) **''The Iron Grail'' (2002) **''The Broken Kings'' (2007) * ''Tales of Guinevere'' series by Alice Borchardt. * ''Corbenic'' by Catherine Fisher (2002) * ''Tristan and Isolde'' (2002) series by Rosalind Miles (author), Rosalind Miles * ''Sword of the Rightful King'' by Jane Yolen (2003) * ''The House of Pendragon'' by Debra A. Kemp **I: ''The House of Pendragon I: The Firebrand, The Firebrand'' (2003) **II: ''The Recruit'' (2007) *''The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp'' by Rick Yancey (2005) * Douglas Clegg: ''Mordred, Bastard Son'' (2006) * ''Fate/Zero'' by Gen Urobuchi (2006–2007) * ''Dracula vs. King Arthur'' by Adam Beranek, Christian Beranek and Chris Moreno (2007) * ''Orion and King Arthur'' by Ben Bova (2011) * ''Song of the Sparrow'' by Lisa Ann Sandell (2007) * ''Camelot Lost'' by Jessica Bonito (Jessica McHugh) (2008) * ''Avalon High'' by Meg Cabot * ''The Sangreal Trilogy'' by Jan Siegel, Amanda Hemingway *''Sword of Darkness'' by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kinley MacGregor *''Knight of Darkness'' by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kinley MacGregor * ''Here Lies Arthur'' by Philip Reeve * ''The Book of Mordred'' by Vivian Vande Velde *''The Sons of Avalon Saga, Sons of Avalon, Merlin's Prophecy'' by Dee Marie (2008) * Sarah Zettel's four-part series about the brothers Gawain, Gareth, Agravain, and Geraint: ** ''In Camelot's Shadow'' (2004) ** ''For Camelot's Honor'' (2005) ** ''Under Camelot's Banner'' (2006) ** ''Camelot's Blood'' (2008) *''Merlin's Dragon'' Trilogy by T.A. Barron ** ''Merlin Book 6: The Dragon of Avalon''; originally issued as ''Merlin's Dragon'' (2008) ** ''Merlin Book 7: Doomraga's Revenge'' (2009) ** ''Merlin Book 8: Ultimate Magic'' (2010) *''The Great Tree of Avalon'' Trilogy ** ''Merlin Book 9: The Great Tree of Avalon''; originally issued as ''Child of the Dark Prophecy'' (2004) ** ''Merlin Book 10: Shadows on the Stars'' (2005) ** ''Merlin Book 11: The Eternal Flame'' (2007) *''The Book of Magic'' ** ''Merlin Book 12: Merlin: The Book of Magic'' (2011), companion to the ''Merlin Saga'' *''Gwenhwyfar'' (2009) by Mercedes Lackey. *By Nakaba Suzuki **''The Seven Deadly Sins (manga), The Seven Deadly Sins'' (2012–2020), a manga loosely based on the Arthurian legend **''Four Knights of the Apocalypse'' (2021-present) *''The School for Good and Evil'' series contains many Arthurian figures, including King Arthur's son as a central character (2013–2020) * ''The Fall of Arthur'' by J.R.R. Tolkien (published 2013, written circa 1920–30s) *''The Devices Trilogy'' by Philip Purser-Hallard, starting with ''The Pendragon Protocol'' (2014) *''The Eighth Day'' series by Dianne K. Salerni (2014) * ''The Buried Giant'' by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015) *''Garden of Avalon'' by Kinoko Nasu *''Harley Merlin'' by Bella Forrest (2018) *''Camelot Rising'' trilogy by Kiersten White **''The Guinevere Deception'' (2019) **''The Camelot Betrayal'' (2020) **''The Excalibur Curse'' (2021) *''Seven Endless Forests'' by April Genevieve Tucholke (2020) *''Legendborn'' by Tracy Deonn (2020)

Nonfiction

* ''Arthur's Britain'' by Leslie Alcock * ''The Quest for Arthur's Britain'' by Geoffrey Ashe * ''The Medieval Quest for Arthur'' by Robert Rouse and Cory Rushton * ''The Quest for Merlin'' by Nikolai Tolstoy (1985) * ''The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650'' John Morris (historian), John Morris * ''The Reign of Arthur'' by Christopher Gidlow * ''King Arthur: The Making of the Legend'' by N. J. Higham, Nicholas J. Higham * ''King Arthur: Myth-Making and History'' by N. J. Higham, Nicholas J. Higham * ''The Development of Arthurian Romance'' by Roger Sherman Loomis * ''Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages'' edited by Roger Sherman Loomis

Depictions in other media

* List of works based on Arthurian legends

References

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External links

Camelot ProjectBibliography of International Arthurian Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:King Arthur Arthurian literature, Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages, Fantasy bibliographies