A young nobleman from Beaumont in Quimper-Corentin who fought against the Saxons, earned a place at the Round Table, and later became constable of Clarence.
A heathen knight slain by Sir Lucan during the first battle of Carhaix.
Arthur's famed hauberk in Layamon's "Brut", worn during his battles against the Saxons.
A spear or lance of King Arthur in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 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.
Nennius’s Historia Brittonum (c. 830) preserves the earliest account of Arthur’s Twelve Battles, portraying him as dux bellorum and linking him for the first time to the victory at Mount Badon.
- 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.
- 1
- 2