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.
The sister of Gawain, wife of Alexander of Greece, and mother of Cligés. Her romance with Alexander forms one of the central love stories in Chrétien de Troyes' Cligés.
The greatest champion of Uther Pendragon's Old Table, Segurant the Brown earned fame as the Knight of the Dragon and later became king of Abiron.
A magical sword whose bearer was assured victory in combat.
A legendary sword associated with Balin, Merlin, and Galahad.
A broken sword of the Grail tradition, restored by Galahad at Corbenic.
Swords serve as weapons, marks of kingship, and objects of prophecy.
A sword embedded in a stone and anvil that could be drawn only by the rightful king of Britain.