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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86059-8 - The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend Edited by Elizabeth Archibald and Ad Putter Index More information INDEX Accolon 210 nineteenth 6, 15, 28, 108–17, 120, 166, Agravain 189 177 Alain of Lille, commentary on the Prophecies twentieth 28, 94, 120 of Merlin 4 twenty-first 128 Alcock, Leslie 31 claim to Rome 178 Alfred, King 222 conception and legitimacy 42, 85, 177 alliteration 88 coronation 191 ‘Alliterative Revival’ 78 court of 9, 14, 42, 49, 53, 73, 74, 97, 139, Alnwick 219, 224 142, 143, 154, 156, 160, 163, 172, amplification 70 175, 207 Amr/Anir 23 crown of 15, 231–2 Anderson, Dennis Lee, Arthur, King 126 daughter – see Gyneth Anderson, Graham 30 death of 15, 41, 59, 104, 180, 203, 204 Andreas Capellanus, De Amore 10, dog (Cabal / Cafal) 23, 24, 37 141–2 dux bellorum 22, 23, 222 Anjou 174 emperor 11–12, 40, 87–8, 112, 164, Annales Cambriae 25, 33, 223 171–86, 178–9, 221 Apollinaire, Guillaume, L’Enchanteur geography associated with 15, 163–5, pourrissant 132–3 218–33 archaeology 30, 225, 232 English traditions 220 Archer, James 115 French traditions 219–20 Ariosto, Ludovico, Orlando Furioso 104 linguistic demarcation within 219–20 Armes Prydein 26 rivers 222–4 Armstead, H. H. 115 grave of 15, 31, 84, 96, 104, 228–30, 233 Arnold, Matthew, Tristan and Isolde heir 198 117 historicity 23, 25, 32, 53, 92, 230, 232 art 16n7, 115, 176 homosexual 130 Arthour and Merlin 62, 70, 85, 103 incest 191–2 Arthur, King marginalised in legend 140, 197 adultery of 13, 190–200 military icon 104 body of 14, 197–8 once and future king 4, 8, 95, 98, 122, centuries, representations in 126, 204, 213, 227, 229–30 twelfth 26, 36–50, 139, 157–9, 189 origins of legend 3–4, 9, 21–34, 85, 104 thirteenth 53–67, 159, 189 passing of 43, 95–100, 149 fourteenth 69–82, 161–3 political uses of 15 fifteenth 84–100, 160, 221 scholarship on, growth of 7 sixteenth 103–13 seal of 231 seventeenth 104–7 sons 198; see also Amr/Anir; Loholt; eighteenth 107–8 Mordred 253 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86059-8 - The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend Edited by Elizabeth Archibald and Ad Putter Index More information index Arthur, King (cont.) Bliocadran 54, 55–6 stellification 95, 100 Bodel, Jean 1, 60 superhuman 28–30 Boccaccio, Giovanni, De Casibus virorum sword of 8, 14, 15, 29, 183, 185, 209, illustrium 71, 84, 95 210, 223, 232 Bond, James Bond 13 usurper 85 Bors 212 vampire 129 Boyle, John Magor, Gorlaye 111 vulnerability 198–9 Bradley, Marion Zimmer, The Mists of Arthur, Prince, son of Henry VII 100, 104 Avalon 12, 15, 125, 150, 184–5, 192, Arthurian Annals 121 216, 230 ‘Artognou’ slate 32, 218, 232 Brennius 40 Ascham, Roger, The Scholemaster 6, 103 Brewer, Elisabeth 112 Ashe, Laura 147, 223 Bridgend 233 Âtre périlleux 65 Brittany 24 Aucassin and Nicolette 182 Broceliande, forest of 47 Auerbach, Erich 151 Bromwich, Rachel 24 Augustine of Canterbury 40 Brooke-Rose, Christine, Textermination Augustine of Hippo 202 129 Aurelius Ambrosius 24, 40 Brown, Dan, The Da Vinci Code 131 Austin, Alfred 116 Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn 49, 61 Avalon 77, 143, 150, 185, 204, 227 Brut, Prose 69 Brutus 40 Badbury 223 Builth 23, 24, 27, 231 Badon, battle of 3, 4, 22, 24, 26, 223 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, King Arthur 112 Bale, John 103 Burgundy, Dukes of 88 Balin 6 Burne-Jones, Edward 109, 115 Balliol, John 232 Byatt, A.S., Possession 127 Bamburgh 224–5 Ban, King of Benoyc 61 Cabal / Cafal 23, 24, 37 Bannerman, Anne 110 Cadbury 31, 232 Barber, Richard 41 Caesar, Julius 173 Barczewski, Stephanie 109 Calogrenant 47 Barjavel, René, L’Enchanteur 133 Camelford 223 Barthelme, Donald, The King 126, 151 Camelot 9, 15, 156–7, 178, 183, 219–20, Bath 219, 223 220–2 Beard, Dan 165 Camelot (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick ‘Beddau englynion’ 203 Loewe) 124, 181 Bede 25, 40 Cameron, Julia Margaret 115 Bedivere 229 Camille, Saxon lover of Arthur 14, 190, Bédier, Joseph, Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut 192–4, 197 132 Camlann, battle of 11, 26, 38, 223 Bel Inconnu, Le – see Renaut de Beaujeu Canaanites 25 Bellus 40 Caradoc of Llancarfan, Vita Gildae 225, 229 Benoît de Sainte-Maure, Roman de Troie 58 Cardiff 220 Beowulf 43 Carduino (Italian) 76, 77, 78 Berger, Thomas, Arthur Rex 125 Carl of Carlisle 86 Berners, Lord, Arthur of Little Britain 104 Carlisle 219, 220 Biddle, Martin 221 Castle Dore 31 Biket, Robert, Lai du Cor 143 Castle of Maidens 141 Bladud 40 Cathars 131 Blackmore, Sir Richard 107 Catholicism 15, 214 King Arthur 106 Catraeth, battle of 27 Prince Arthur 106–7 Caxton, William 84, 88, 176, 230–1 254 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86059-8 - The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend Edited by Elizabeth Archibald and Ad Putter Index More information index Celidon wood 22, 38, 223 conjointure 44, 45, 58, 63, 79 Celtic nationalism 109 Constantine 176 Chapel Perilous 212 Continuations – see Chrétien de Troyes Chapman, Vera, King Arthur’s Daughter 125 Cooper, Helen 104, 210 Charlemagne 1, 8 Cooper, Susan 123–4, 126 charters 36 Cornwall 226; see also Tintagel Chaucer, Geoffrey Cornwell, Bernard 216 Canterbury Tales 73–4, 76, 77, 86, 147–8, Crane, R. S. 104 182, 202 crusades 71, 77, 171, 176, 183, 205 ‘Nun’s Priest’s Tale’ 148 Culhwch and Olwen 8, 9, 23–4, 26, 38 ‘Squire’s Tale’ 148 cultural imperialism 180 ‘Wife of Bath’s Tale’ 148 cyclicity 5, 56, 58, 62–3, 84 Troilus and Criseyde 12 Cherryh, C. J., Port Eternity 127 Dark, Ken 33 Chester 223 Dark Ages 23, 28, 32, 225 Chester, Robert, Loves Martyr/The Annals of David, Peter 126 Great Britain 105 De Ortu Waluuanii (The Rise of Gawain) Chestre, Thomas 10, 141 Lybeaus Desconus 50, 80, 81 Deal, Babs, The Grail: A Novel 128 Sir Launfal 77, 109, 143 Dee, John 111 Chevalier à l’épée, Le 50, 65 Delay, Florence 133 children’s literature 7–8, 123 Dinadan 91, 148–9, 166 chivalry 7–8, 9, 97, 128, 147, 150, 161–3, Dinas 91 201, 205, 207 Disney, Walt 7–8 Chrétien de Troyes 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 36, 44, Doré, Gustave 115 53, 58, 61, 65, 133, 140–1, 146, Dorst, Tancred, Merlin oder das Wüste Land 158–9, 160, 163, 172, 205, 219 134 Le Chevalier au lion (Yvain) 37, 44, 47, Draco Normannicus 163 74–5, 145, 168–9, 182, 205 Drayton, Michael, Poly-Olbion 4, 104 Le Chevalier de la charrete (Lancelot) Dronke, Peter 152n7 48–9, 60, 140, 158–9, 188–200, 205 Dryden, John 106, 107 Cligés 48, 172 King Arthur 7, 105–6 Le Conte du Graal (Perceval) 37, 49, 54, Virgil’s Aeneid 178 76, 79, 144, 157, 184, 205 Dubglas, river 22 Continuations 50, 54, 56, 206; First Duby, Georges 139 Continuation (including Livre de Dumville, David 21 Caradoc) 54, 58, 79, 86, 87; Second Dunlop, John 109–13 Continuation (Wauchier de Denain) Dyce, William 115 54–5, 57; Third Continuation Dyer, S. N., ‘Knight Squadron’ 129 (Manessier) 55; Fourth Continuation (Gerbert de Montreuil) 55 Echard, Siân 142 Erec et Enide 13, 37, 44–6, 47, 113, 158 Eco, Umberto, Baudolino 131 Christ, cross of 26 Edinburgh 28 Cistercians 59 education 180–1 Claudel, Paul, Partage de midi 133 Edward I 15, 69, 219, 221, 224, 231–2 clerical authorship 5, 24, 44, 60, 144, 147 Edward III 5, 69, 71, 219, 225 Cocteau, Jean 133 Edward IV 100 Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde 133 Elaine of Astolat 87–91, 90–92, 108–9, Colchester 232 109–13; see also Tennyson, Alfred: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 108 ‘The Lady of Shalott’, ‘Elaine’ ‘Coming of K –, The’ (S. O. Beeton, Elaine of Corbenic 210 A. A. Dowty, S. R. Emerson) 116 Eleanor of Aquitaine 43 computer games 157, 174 Eleanor of Castile 221 255 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-86059-8 - The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend Edited by Elizabeth Archibald and Ad Putter Index More information index Elias, Norbert 6 Frere, John Hookham, The Monks and the Eliot, T. S., The Waste Land 15, 122, 215 Giants 108–9 Ellis, George 109 Freud, Sigmund 156 Elucidation 54, 55 Froissart, Jean 73 Enfances Gauvain 65 Meliador 73 Erec (Burgundian) 46, 160–1 Fry, Christopher, Thor, with Angels 121 Erec en prose 46 Frye, Northrop 2 Erex (Norse) 46 Fuetrer, Ulrich, Buch der Abenteuer 84 Ergyng 23, 27 ethics 8, 11, 41, 49, 98, 105, 114, 123, 124, Galahad 6, 10, 59, 61–2, 64, 92–3, 94, 115, 125, 139, 154–5, 156, 157, 161–3 159, 166, 184, 213 Evans, Simon 24 Gareth 13, 198, 210 Excalibur 8, 14, 15, 29, 183, 185, 209, 210, Gawain 10, 13, 43, 44, 48, 49–50, 54, 55, 223, 232 65, 66, 86–7, 89, 98, 104, 112, 140, 141, 146, 147–8, 159, 198 failure 45, 48, 81, 147–8, 149–50, 184, 210 grave of 36 Fair Unknown motif 2, 10, 13, 78, 141 Geffrei Gaimar 224 False Guinevere 14, 190, 192, 194–5, 197 Geoffrey of Monmouth 11, 12, 33, 36, fantasy 91, 155, 157, 163–5, 173, 183 38–43, 53, 60, 62, 69, 71, 84–100, Fawcett, Edgar, The New King Arthur: An 103, 104, 107, 111, 203–4, 219, 222, Opera Without Music 116 223, 224, 225, 227 Field of the Cloth of Gold 104 History of the Kings of Britain 1, 4, 9, 12, Field, P.
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    A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Brill’S Companions to European History

    A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth Brill’s Companions to European History volume 22 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/bceh A Companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth By Georgia Henley Joshua Byron Smith LEIDEN | BOSTON This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. Further information and the complete license text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/ The terms of the CC license apply only to the original material. The use of material from other sources (indicated by a reference) such as diagrams, illustrations, photos and text samples may require further permission from the respective copyright holder. An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. More information about the initiative can be found at www .knowledgeunlatched.org. Cover illustration: © The British Library Board (Egerton MS 3028, f. 25r). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Henley, Georgia, editor. | Byron-Smith, Joshua, editor. Title: A companion to Geoffrey of Monmouth / by Georgia Henley, Joshua Byron Smith. Other titles: Brill’s companions to European history ; v. 22. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. | Series: Brill’s companions to European history, 22127410 ; volume 22 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019057692 (print) | LCCN 2019057693 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004405288 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004410398 (kindle edition) Subjects: LCSH: Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St.