A king of Armenia who fought as an ally of Rome against King Arthur.
A sword embedded in a stone and anvil that could be drawn only by the rightful king of Britain.
The forbidden seat at the Round Table reserved for the purest Grail knight.
The Return of Arthur explores the medieval belief that the king did not truly die at Camlann but was carried to Avalon, leaving open the possibility of his return in Britain’s hour of need.
- 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.
A sword hanging on the statue of Amoroldo, taken by one of Charlemagne's noblemen, who named it Fulberta.
- 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.
Explore how distances and travel times are portrayed in Arthurian romance. From Lancelot’s four-day journey to Camelot to Gareth’s swift rides, discover how chivalric tales blend medieval travel realities with poetic and moral geography.