Body of Medieval literature associated with Great Britain
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The Matter of Britain (French: matière de Bretagne) 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. The 12th-century Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), widely popular in its day, is a central component of the Matter of Britain.
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 and classical history.[1] Its pseudo-chronicle and chivalric romance works, written both in prose and verse, flourished from the 12th to the 16th century.
The MatterofBritain (French: matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany...
division of literary cycles also included the Matterof France and the MatterofBritain (although "non-cyclical" romance also existed). The Matterof Rome...
legends, was a king ofBritain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the MatterofBritain. In Welsh sources...
(Carbone[c]k, Corbin) is the name of the Grail castle, the edifice housing the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. It is a magical domain of the Grail keeper, often...
Britain around the 7th century. It is one of the central pieces of the MatterofBritain. Although taken as historical well into the 16th century, it is now...
legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings ofBritain. According...
Knights of the Round Table in the defence ofBritain against Saxon invaders. A central figure in the legends making up the MatterofBritain. (see also:...
various other forms and spellings) is King Arthur's realm in the MatterofBritain. The geographical area referred to by the name is south and eastern...
'chief of warriors', 'commander-in-chief', generalissimo, or 'chief governor'), is the epithet of Uther, father of King Arthur in the MatterofBritain in...
are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the MatterofBritain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights...
the earlier Three Matters as termed by the French author Jean Bodel; the MatterofBritain (concerning King Arthur and his knights), of France (concerning...
[mabɪˈnɔɡjɔn] ) are the earliest Welsh prose stories, and belong to the MatterofBritain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries...
In the MatterofBritain, Igraine (/iːˈɡreɪn/) is the mother of King Arthur. Igraine is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr)...
Rowena /roʊˈiːnə/ in the MatterofBritain was the daughter of the purported Anglo-Saxon chief Hengist and wife of Vortigern, "King of the Britons". Presented...
human enchantresses in the MatterofBritain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur. She plays several...
companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the MatterofBritain, relating to the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round...
The following list of legendary kings ofBritain (Welsh: Brenin y Brythoniaid, Brenin Prydain) derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136...
history of Great Britain is known as the MatterofBritain. The MatterofBritain, a national myth, was retold or reinterpreted in works by Gerald of Wales...
came to be the nucleus of the MatterofBritain and Arthurian legend as they developed from the 13th century. The (Welsh) Laws of Hywel Dda, originally...
The MatterofBritain stories, focusing on King Arthur, are one of the most popular literary subjects of all time, and have been adapted numerous times...
"Matterof France" (Charlemagne and Roland, his principal paladin) and the "MatterofBritain" (the lives and deeds of King Arthur and the Knights of the...
Year Of Black Lives Matter In Britain". Grazia. February 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2021. "Everything you need to know about Black Lives Matter UK"....
She was the youngest daughter of Leir and the second ruling queen of pre-Roman Britain. There is no independent historical evidence for her existence. She...
known as the Matterof France, relating to the legendary companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the MatterofBritain, informed...
Ectorius, is the father of Kay and the adoptive father of King Arthur in the MatterofBritain. Sometimes portrayed as a king instead of merely a lord, he has...
ancestor to the kings of Gwent. He may have lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is remembered in the MatterofBritain as a Knight of the Round Table,...
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