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King Arthur

King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur; Cornish: Arthur Gernow; Breton: Roue Arzhur; French: Roi Arthur) was a legendary king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain.

Art, Historicity & Medieval literary traditions

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Historicity

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Medieval literary traditions

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Decline, revival, and the modern legend

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Historicity

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Legends concerning the return of Arthur

Medieval literary traditions

Decline, revival, and the modern legend

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related to External links · 56
King Arthur → Alliterative Morte Arthure Archived, An, Archived, Arctic, Arthur, Arthurian, Arthurian Gwent, Arthurian Legend, Arthurian Studies, Arthuriana, Auchinleck MS, Blaenau Gwent Borough County, Caitlin, Celtic Literature Collective, Conquest, Council, Early English Text Society, Early Medieval History, Early Medieval Northwestern Europe, Edinburgh
related to Modern legend · 52
King Arthur → American, Arthur, Arthur Rex, Arthurian, Avalon, Bradley's, Britain, Camelot, Cave, Dark Ages, Emperor, Future King, Gallois, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Romance, Guinevere, Holy Grail, In, In John Cowper Powys's, John Boorman's Excalibur
related to Tennyson and the revival · 51
King Arthur → Alfred Tennyson, Although, Arthur, Arthur's, Arthurian, Avalon, Burne-Jones's, By, Connecticut Yankee, Edward Burne-Jones, Eliot, Even, First World War, Fisher King, Furthermore, Gothic Revival, Holy Grail, Idylls, In, Indeed
related to Further reading · 41
King Arthur → Andover, Andrew, Arthur, Arthur's Battles, Arthur's Grave, Breeze, Carey, Celtic Studies Publications, Clonmacnoise, Dark Ages, Facts, Festschrift, Fictions, Guy, Halsall, Higham, Ildánach Ildírech, In Carey, ISBN, John
related to Legends concerning the return of Arthur · 40
King Arthur → Abbey, After, Arthur, Arthur's, Arthurian, Beddau, Before, Breton, Britain, Brittany, But Arthur's, Catholic, Catholic Celts, Celtic, Christianity, Cornish, De, Decades, Englynion, French
related to Romance traditions · 38
King Arthur → Annales Cambriae, Arthur, Arthur's, Arthur's Court, Bedwyr, Britain, Cei, Chief, Cornwall, Culhwch, During, Edward, England, English, Even, Finally, Geoffrey, Historia Brittonum, Island, Lords
related to Name · 32
King Arthur → Another, Art, Artgur, Arthur, Arthwr, Arto-rīg-ios, Arto-uiros, Artorius, Artorījos, Artrí, Arturius, Arturus, Artōrius, Brittonic, Celtic, Classical Latin Artōrius, In Welsh, King Arthur's, Latin Arthurian, Latinization
related to Post-medieval literature · 29
King Arthur → Although Malory's English, Arthur, Arthurian, Arthurian Britain, Britain, English, French, Galfridian, Geoffrey, Henry Fielding, Henry Purcell's, James II, John Dryden's, Malory's Le Morte, Matter, Middle Ages, Monmouth's, Polydore Vergil, Prince Arthur, Renaissance
related to Historicity · 17
King Arthur → Anglo-Saxons, Annales Cambriae, Arthur, Arthur's, British, Britons, Details, English, From, He, Historia Brittonum, History, One, Romano-British, There, Welsh, Welsh Annals
see also · 9
King Arthur → Arthur's, Arthur's O'onArtus CourtBibliography, Arthurian, BritainList, GuidottiArthurian Narrative, King ArthurKing Arthur's, Latin Tradition, Siân Echard, Wales

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arthur arthurian welsh king britain arthur's historia century medieval legend romance also early historical first geoffrey figure character tradition return

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King Arthuris adescendant of Alexander the Great.Arthur and his retinue appear in some of the Lais of Marie de France0.90text
the Kentish Hengistinstance ofThey cite parallels with figures0.80text
Horsainstance ofThey cite parallels with figures0.80text
who may be totemic horse-gods that later became historicisedinstance ofThey cite parallels with figures0.80text
Riotamusinstance ofto sub-Roman British rulers0.80text
Ambrosius Aurelianusinstance ofto sub-Roman British rulers0.80text
and the Welsh kings Owain Ddantgwyninstance ofto sub-Roman British rulers0.80text
Enniaun Girtinstance ofto sub-Roman British rulers0.80text
Athrwys ap Meuriginstance ofto sub-Roman British rulers0.80text
the 18th-century Lewis Morrisinstance ofadvanced by antiquarians0.80text
has long since been discounted in academic circlesinstance ofadvanced by antiquarians0.80text
Lancelotinstance ofmuch of this 12th-century and later Arthurian literature centres less on Arthur himself than on characters0.80text

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