Le Morte d'Arthur is a 15th-century Middle English prose compilation and reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Rou
A 14th-century Polish fresco at Siedlęcin Tower depicting Lancelot fighting the evil knight Turquine in a scene from the French Lancelot-Grail Cycle.
A page from the Winchester Manuscript of the Morte d'Arthur, c. 1471–1481.
A 14th-century "Round Table" at Winchester Castle, Malory's Camelot.
The holy island of Mont-Saint-Michel where Arthur slays an evil giant in one of the only few supernatural elements of the Roman War story.
King 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.
Le Morte d'Arthur
…French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose compilation and reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table, along with their respective folklore, including the quest for the Holy Grail and the…
Tapestry showing Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, wearing a coat of arms often attributed to him. c. 1385
King Arthur returning from the Battle of Mons Badonis (or Mount Badon). First reference to Arthur, found in early Welsh literature. Stained glass in Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff.
Supposed former gravesite of Arthur at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset
Detail of The Last Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (completed 1898), by Edward Burne-Jones. Arthur sleeping in Avalon, awaiting his return.