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“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...
Now after years of painstaking collaborative work with the university’s Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory (CHIL), ...
The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...
A lost 800-year-old Merlin and King Arthur manuscript was found in the 16th-century book and studied using advanced imaging ...
In the Cornish moorlands of southwest England lies a mysterious mound of stone and turf. Now covered with grass, the site was ...
Leaving aside the romantic embellishments of the Renaissance onwards, it is generally believed that there was an actual Arthur. The great figure in the struggle between the British and the Saxons ...
The story of Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table has captivated us for a thousand years. But is there any truth behind the tales? The real thing? Not quite. This regal chamber, King Arthur ...
Whether or not he existed, King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of British (and European) literature, enchanting audiences since at least the 9th century. But as Radio 4 history podcast You ...
It’s been 1,500 years since King Arthur supposedly lived and vanquished his enemies; one would think that by now every possible version of his narrative has been told. “The Bright Sword,” an ...