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The authoritative source for those wanting to explore the flourishing medieval world of Arthur from its very beginnings, the first volume of this history narrates the development of a now globally famous literary tradition from multiple important and dynamic disciplinary angles, exploring the literary Arthur alongside the historical figure.
List of contents
Part I. The Early Arthur: 1. Arthur in medieval Wales Jerry Hunter and Aled Llion Jones; 2. Arthur in early histories Nicholas J. Higham; 3. Early Merlin and early Myrddin Aled Llion Jones and Victoria Flood; 4. Geoffrey of Monmouth and Arthur Siân Echard; Part II. Arthurian Literary Developments: 5. Chrétien de Troyes: the start of Arthurian romance Joan Tasker Grimbert; 6. Arthur in Latin, Anglo-Norman and English chronicles prior to 1500 Edward Donald Kennedy; 7. French Arthurian verse romance after Chrétien de Troyes Nicola Morato; 8. The Old French Vulgate and post-Vulgate cycles Patrick Moran; 9. Non-cyclical French Arthurian prose romances Richard Trachsler; 10. Arthurian alliterative poetry in English, 1250-1550 Kate McClune; 11. Middle English Arthurian verse romances Lucy Brookes; 12. Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur Elizabeth Archibald; 13. Arthur in the prose Brut chronicle tradition Julia Marvin and Raluca L. Radulescu; 14. Arthur in the northern lands Carolyne Larrington; 15. Arthur in the medieval low countries Frank Brandsma; 16. Arthur in medieval Germany Jessica Quinlan; 17. Arthurian literature in medieval central and eastern Europe Anna Czarnowus; 18. Arthur in Irish, Scots, Cornish and Breton Aisling Byrne and Emily Wingfield; 19. The Iberian Arthur in the Middle Ages Carlos Alvar and Karla Xiomara Luna Mariscal; 20. Arthur in medieval Italy Fabrizio Cigni; Part III. Cross-cultural Medieval Arthur: 21. Cross-cultural Arthurian dissemination: Marie de France's Lanval Matthew Siôn Lampitt; 22. Cross-cultural Tristan Damien de Carné; 23. The Holy Grail: the material dissemination of Grail romance from manuscript to print in northern Europe Leah Tether; 24. Arthurianism in medieval society and politics Raluca L. Radulescu; Part IV. Imaging the Medieval Arthur: 25. Arthurian manuscript illumination: the Old French Vulgate tradition Alison Stones; 26. The Arthurian legend in medieval monumental art Martine Meuwese; 27. Arthur and the early printed book in Europe Laura Chuhan Campbell, Daniel Gutiérrez Trápaga, Jane H. M. Taylor and Edmund Wareham Wanitzek.
About the author
Raluca L. Radulescu is President of the International Arthurian Society (2024–7) and former editor of the Journal of the International Arthurian Society (2011–17). Her publications include two monographs, The Gentry Context for Malory's Morte Darthur (2003) and Romance and its Contexts in Late Medieval England: Politics, Piety and Penitence (2013), and eleven co-edited collections of essays and journal issues on the history of emotions, manuscript miscellanies, the Brut chronicles, genealogy and heraldry, and medieval popular romance.Andrew Lynch is former President of the International Arthurian Society. His publications include Malory's Book of Arms (1997) and many edited volumes, essays, and chapters emphasising themes of violence, education, and emotional development in medieval and medievalist Arthurian literature from Britain, the USA, and Australia.
Summary
The authoritative source for those wanting to explore the flourishing medieval world of Arthur from its very beginnings, the first volume of this history narrates the development of a now globally famous literary tradition from multiple important and dynamic disciplinary angles, exploring the literary Arthur alongside the historical figure.
