The Battle of Camlann is best known as the final battle of King Arthur, where he either died in battle, or was fatally wounded. As the surviving accounts of this battle are all generally little more than legend or myth (and all versions exhibit traces of folklore), some historians doubt this battle even took place. In most tales, the battle was caused by a knight on one side who drew blade against orders to kill a snake. As the unsheathing of cold steel was against the rules of the truce, both armies subsequently ...

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Lady of the Lake - Origins Lady of the Lake - The character in medieval literature Lady of the Lake - Later uses
Lady of the Lake - The Walter Scott poem and its musical settings Lady of the Lake - Other appearances and popular references
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For the studio established by Frank Lloyd Wright, see Taliesin (studio). Taliesin or Taliessin (c. 534–c.599) is the earliest poet of the Welsh language whose work has survived. His name is associated with the Book of Taliesin, a book of poems written down in the 10th century but which most scholars believed to date in large part from the 6th century. He is believed to have been the chief bard in the courts of at least three British kings of that era. In legend he attained the status "Chief Bard of Britai ...

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Taliesin - Biography Taliesin - Book of Taliesin Taliesin - Gruffydd's account of his life
Taliesin - Birth Taliesin - Discovery by Elphin Taliesin - At the court of Maelgwn Taliesin - Commentary on the traditions

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In Arthurian legend, Sir Bedivere (Welsh: Bedwyr) is the Knight of the Round Table who returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. He serves as King Arthur's marshal and is frequently associated with Sir Kay. Sir Lucan is his brother, Sir Griflet is his cousin. The Welsh give him a son and daughter named Amren and Eneuawc. Bedivere, along with Kay and Gawain, is one of the earliest characters associated with King Arthur. His name in Welsh is Bedwyr Bedrydant (Bedivere of the Perfect Sinews). He is described ...

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In Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, a fictional account of the rulers of Great Britain, Constantine III was a legendary king of the Britons. He was the son of Cador of Cornwall, a relative of King Arthur. Constantine fought in the Battle of Camlann and was apparently one of the few survivors. Arthur, about to be taken to Avalon, passed the crown to him. Geoffrey says that Constantine continued to have trouble from the Saxons and from the two sons of Mordred (see Melehan and Melou). He eventually subdued ...

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537 - Events. Pope Silverius deposed by Belisarius at the order of Justinian, who appoints as his successor Pope Vigilius. Battle of Camlann between Arthur and Mordred. (traditional date) December 27 - Construction of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is completed. 537 - Births. Evagrius Scholasticus, Christian historian (approximate date) 537 - Deaths. November 11 - Pope Silverius K ...

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The Black Knight is the name of several fictional characters, both heroic and villainous, in Marvel Comics' universe. All of these characters have a shared lineage, and all wear similar costumes and use a medieval motif. Black Knight comics - Medieval Black Knight. The original Black Knight was Sir Percy of Scandia, a 6th century knight in the court of King Arthur's Camelot who appeared in the five-issue series Black Knight (May-Dec. 1955), from Atlas Comics, the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comi ...

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King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of legends known as the Matter of Britain. There is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed. In the earliest mentions and in Welsh texts, he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as a dux bellorum ("war leader"), and High Medieval Welsh texts often call him an ameraudur ("emperor"; the ...

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The character first appears as "Morgen" in the 12th century Latin Vita Merlini (Life of Merlin) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is the first of nine sisters who rule Avalon, The Fortunate Isle or the Isle of Apples (cf. Garden of the Hesperides), where in fact she is the sole sister with a definite presence. Geoffrey presents her as a typical fay, a healer and even a shapeshifter. In early tales she is generally a benevolant presence; her healing ointment is used to cure the hero in Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, le Chevalie ...

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Morgan le Fay, Morgan le Fay - Early accounts of Morgan, Morgan le Fay - Morgan in later medieval literature, Morgan le Fay - Modern appearances of Morgan

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King Arthur - Literature. John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a traditional take in modern language. T.H. White's The Once and Future King cycle Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Sidney Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur is a work based on Thomas Malory's, written in such a way to appeal to the boys of the 19th century. Marion Zimmer Brad ...

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King Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthur of history, King Arthur - Earliest traditions of Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthurian romance, King Arthur - Arthur's swords, King Arthur - Arthur in various media, King Arthur - Literature, King Arthur - Plays, King Arthur - Opera, King Arthur - Film, King Arthur - Television, King Arthur - Other media, King Arthur - Hidden Versions of the Arthur Legend in Other Works, King Arthur - Bibliography

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There is evidence that in Roman times the Isles of Scilly comprised one large island, known as Siluram Insulam (or Sylina Insula). According to legend, Lyonesse stretched from Scilly to Land's End at the westernmost tip of Cornwall, and once had some 140 churches. Its capital was the City of Lions (sometimes given as Carlyon), located on what is now the treacherous Seven Stones reef. The names of the kings of Lyonesse are derived from Welsh and Arthurian myth. < ...

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Lyonesse, Lyonesse - Lyonesse in Arthurian legend, Lyonesse - Kings of Lyonesse, Lyonesse - Lyonesse in Celtic mythology, Lyonesse - Appropriation of Lyonesse in modern English-language fiction

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Little, beyond what he writes in his own poems, is known about his life. One manuscript says he was the son of Saint Henwg of Llanhennock, 5km north-east of Newport (near Caerleon). He is mentioned with Talhaearn Tad Awen ("Father of the Muse"), Aneirin, Blwchbardd, and Cian Gwenith Gwawd ("Wheat of Song") as one of the five British poets of renown in the "Northern History" section (ch.62) of the Historia BritonumSee also:

Taliesin, Taliesin - Biography, Taliesin - Book of Taliesin, Taliesin - Gruffydd's account of his life, Taliesin - Birth, Taliesin - Discovery by Elphin, Taliesin - At the court of Maelgwn, Taliesin - Commentary on the traditions

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King Arthur - Literature. John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a traditional take in modern language. T.H. White's The Once and Future King cycle Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Sidney Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur is a work based on Thomas Malory's, written in such a way to appeal to the boys of the 19th century. Marion Zimmer Brad ...

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The earliest mention of Guinevere is in the Welsh tale Culhwch ap Olwen, where she appears as Arthur's queen, but little more is said about her. Caradog of Llancarfan, who wrote his Life of Gildas before 1136, recounts how she was kidnapped by Melwas, king of the "Summer Country" (Aestiva Regio, perhaps meaning Somerset), and held prisoner at his stronghold at Glastonbury. The story states that Arthur spent a year searching for her, found her, and had assembled an army to storm Melwas' fort when Saint Gildas negotiated a ...

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This refers to the period up to the arrival of the Romans, c47 AD. There is evidence from artifacts in a quarry at Westbury that man was present in the future Somerset from c500000 BCE. Somerset was one of the first areas of future England settled following the end of the last Ice Age c8000 BCE. It is thought to have been occupied by Mesolithic hunter-gathers from about 6000 BCE. In the Neolithic era, from about 3500 BCE, there is evidence of farm ...

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History of Somerset, History of Somerset - Key dates in Somerset history, History of Somerset - Prehistory, History of Somerset - Roman, History of Somerset - Dark Age, History of Somerset - Saxon, History of Somerset - Middle Ages, History of Somerset - Early Modern, History of Somerset - Late Modern

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The earliest mention of Guinevere is in the Welsh tale Culhwch ap Olwen, where she appears as Arthur's queen, but little more is said about her. Caradog of Llancarfan, who wrote his Life of Gildas before 1136, recounts how she was kidnapped by Melwas, king of the "Summer Country" (Aestiva Regio, perhaps meaning Somerset), and held prisoner at his stronghold at Glastonbury. The story states that Arthur spent a year searching for her, found her, and had assembled an army to storm Melwas' fort when Saint Gildas negotiated a ...

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Guinevere, Guinevere - Guinevere's character, Guinevere - The abduction of Guinevere, Guinevere - In current pop culture, Guinevere - Motion pictures, Guinevere - Musical theater, Guinevere - Novels, Guinevere - Television, Guinevere - External link

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Mordred appears very early in Arthurian literature. The first mention of him, as Medraut, occurs in the Annales Cambriae entry for the year 537: The strife of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut fell. The Annales themselves were completed around A.D. 970. Mordred was associated with Camlann even at that early date, but the Annales' brief line gives no information as to whether he killed or was killed by Arthur, or even if he was fighting against him. Even if he wasn't yet the famous villain he would later become, his appearances in Welsh Genealogies ...

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Mordred, Mordred - Mordred's background, Mordred - Mordred in Arthurian legend, Mordred - Mordred in later works

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The character first appears as "Morgen" in the 12th century Latin Vita Merlini (Life of Merlin) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is the first of nine sisters who rule Avalon, The Fortunate Isle or the Isle of Apples (cf. Garden of the Hesperides), where in fact she is the sole sister with a definite presence. Geoffrey presents her as a typical fay, a healer and even a shapeshifter. In early tales she is generally a benevolent presence; her healing ointment is used to cure the hero in Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, le Chevalie ...

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Morgan le Fay, Morgan le Fay - Early accounts of Morgan, Morgan le Fay - Morgan in later medieval literature, Morgan le Fay - Modern appearances of Morgan

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Lady of the Lake - The Walter Scott poem and its musical settings. Walter Scott wrote an influential poem, The Lady of the Lake, in 1810, drawing on the romance of the legend, but transplanting it to Loch Katrine in the Trossachs of Scotland. As La Donna del Lago, Scott's material furnished subject matter for an opera by Gioacchino Rossini (Naples 1819). It was the first of a fashion for operas with Scottish settings and based on Scott's works, of which Donizetti's < ...

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Lady of the Lake, Lady of the Lake - Origins, Lady of the Lake - The character in medieval literature, Lady of the Lake - Later uses, Lady of the Lake - The Walter Scott poem and its musical settings, Lady of the Lake - Other appearances and popular references, Lady of the Lake - External link

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She started out with the historical fantasy trilogy, "Down the Long Wind", featuring a very Celtic Britain, in contrast to other modern stories of King Arthur. The main character was Gawain who had to choose between supporting his mother Morgause or his maternal uncle Arthur. This trilogy consisted of "Hawk of May" (1980). "Kingdom of Summer" (1981). "In Winter's Shadow" (1982). The title of the trilogy was a reference to a verse from the "Id ...

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Gillian Bradshaw, Gillian Bradshaw - Bradshaw's fiction overview, Gillian Bradshaw - Bradshaw's fiction details, Gillian Bradshaw - Fantasy all historical, Gillian Bradshaw - Historical no fantasy elements, Gillian Bradshaw - Science fiction, Gillian Bradshaw - Bibliography, Gillian Bradshaw - Personal information, Gillian Bradshaw - Links

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