ARTHURIAN CULTURE

Locations, Knighthood, Court, Society

An enchanted garden ruled by the sorceress Acrasia, where beauty, luxury, and sensual pleasure ensnared unwary knights.

Arthurian Characters

A powerful enchantress who ruled the Bower of Bliss in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene.

Arthurian Characters

An astrologer and dwarf at King Mark's court who uncovered the love affair between Tristan and Isolde.

Locations, Knighthood, Court, Society

A city in southern Italy renowned during the Middle Ages for its celebrated medical school. In Arthurian romance, Salerno is associated with learned physicians whose reputation for medical expertise was known throughout Europe.

Arthurian Characters

The faithful servant of Cligés whose ingenuity and loyalty enabled Fenice's escape from her tomb and provided the lovers with a refuge from Emperor Alis.