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 Le Morte d'Arthur. Many of these selections are translated here for the time into English.
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. King Arthur inLegend and History 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.

Richard White is Visiting Lecturer at Tamagawa University, Tokyo.

Note on the Editor, Chronology of Key Arthurian Texts, Foreword, Introduction, Note on the Text, Maps, King Arthur in Legend and History, Part I: Early Works, Part 2: Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 'Brut' Chronicle Tradition, Part 3: Arthur in Early French Romance, Part 4: The Vulgate Cycle, Part 5: Later French Romance, Part 6: German and English Romances, Part 7: Historical Texts, Appendix: Arthurian Courts, Notes, List of Sources, Suggestions for Further Reading, Bibliography, Acknowledgements