Matter of Britain

E211850
legendary tradition literary cycle medieval literature

Matter of Britain is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with King Arthur, his knights, and the mythical history of Britain.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Matter of Britain canonical 25

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary tradition ⓘ
literary cycle ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
contrastedWith Matter of France ⓘ
Matter of Rome ⓘ
developedInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
developedInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Arthurian legend ⓘ
surface form: Arthurian cycle

Arthurian legend ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Norman literature

Insular Celtic tradition ⓘ
hasGeographicalFocus Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain
hasKeyCharacter Isolde ⓘ
surface form: Iseult

King Arthur ⓘ
Merlin ⓘ
Mordred ⓘ
Morgan le Fay ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
Sir Galahad ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
surface form: Sir Gawain

Sir Lancelot ⓘ
Sir Percival ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
hasKeyElement King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot

Holy Grail ⓘ
King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Round Table
hasKeyLocation Avalon ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

Logres ⓘ
hasKeyMotif Excalibur ⓘ
Grail quest ⓘ
fall of Camelot ⓘ
sword in the stone ⓘ
hasLanguage Breton ⓘ
Cornish ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasMainSubject King Arthur ⓘ
King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Knights of the Round Table

mythical history of Britain ⓘ
hasRelatedWork Alliterative Morte Arthure ⓘ
Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
Estoire de Merlin ⓘ
surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle

Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur

Mabinogion ⓘ
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
hasTheme Christian symbolism ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
heroic quests ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
influenced British national mythology ⓘ
modern Arthurian fiction ⓘ
partOf medieval chivalric literature ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Arthur's Britain → describedIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Bedivere → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Uther Pendragon → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Igraine → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Vulgate Cycle → literaryTradition → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Forest of Brocéliande (in some French romances) → partOf → Matter of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Forest of Brocéliande
Sword of Mercy → associatedWithLegend → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Sir Kay → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Sir Bedivere → literaryTradition → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Sir Tristan → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Le Chevalier de la Charrette → literaryTradition → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Elaine of Benoic → fictionalUniverse → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Sword in the Stone → partOf → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Historia Regum Britanniae → literaryTradition → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Agravain → relatedWork → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Gwalchmei → fictionalUniverse → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Gaheris → partOf → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Walwen → fictionalUniverse → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Logres → partOf → Matter of Britain ⓘ
The Lady of the Lake → partOf → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Gorlois of Cornwall → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Morgause → literaryTradition → Matter of Britain ⓘ
King Uriens → fictionalUniverse → Matter of Britain ⓘ
Arthur's companion → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Sir Bedivere
Bedevere → appearsIn → Matter of Britain ⓘ