Arthur's shield in the Welsh tale "Culhwch and Olwen".
An inscribed slate fragment discovered at Tintagel, Cornwall, providing rare evidence of literacy and elite occupation in post-Roman Britain.
A spear or lance of King Arthur in Geoffrey of Monmouth's tradition.
A spear of King Arthur in Welsh tradition.
A name associated in Arthurian tradition with both Arthur's ship and his shield.
A chaplain appointed Archbishop of York by Arthur after the city was reclaimed from the Saxons.
- ARTHURIAN EVENTS
- Battles
- Geoffrey of Monmouth Tradition
- HISTORICAL ARTHUR
- MILITARY AND WARFARE
- Source | Annales Cambriae
- Source | De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae
- Source | Historia Brittonum
- Source | Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
- Source | Historia Regum Britanniae
- Source | Le Morte Darthur
- Welsh Tradition
Arthur’s battles, from the early traditions of Badon to the imperial wars of Geoffrey of Monmouth, trace the rise and fall of Britain’s legendary war leader.
- Arms and Armor
- ARTHURIAN ITEMS
- English Tradition
- French Romance Tradition
- Geoffrey of Monmouth Tradition
- Source | Brut (Layamon)
- Source | Continuations of Perceval
- Source | Historia Regum Britanniae
- Source | Idylls of the King
- Source | King Arthur's Death (ballad)
- Source | La Tavola Ritonda
- Source | Le Morte Darthur
- Source | Merlin
- Source | Parlement of the Thre Ages
- Source | Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal
- Source | Post-Vulgate Mort Artu
- Source | Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin
- Source | Roman de Brut
- Source | The Stanzaic Le Morte Arthur
- Source | Vulgate Lancelot
- Source | Vulgate Merlin
- Source | Vulgate Mort Artu
- Welsh Tradition
Excalibur is the sword of kings — born in Avalon, borne by Arthur, and returned at last to the Lady of the Lake. More than a weapon, it is the sign of divine rule, the boundary between mortal and Otherworld, and the enduring symbol of Britain’s once and future king.



