King Arthur In Legend and History

<p>Presenting selections from medieval Latin Welsh English French and German literature Richard White traces the Arthurian legend from the earliest mentions of Arthur in Latin chronicles to Thomas Malory's <em>Le Morte d'Arthur.</em> Many of these selections are translated here for the time into English.<br><br>Bringing together an extensive range of diverse material which reveals the development of the figure of Arthur this anthology enables the reader to understand how the Arthurian legend developed over a period of more than five hundred years. <em>King Arthur in</em><em>Legend and History</em> also includes a chronology of key Arthurian texts an appendix of the Arthurian Courts a list of sources suggestions for further reading and bibliography. Also inlcludes five maps.</p>