King Arthur's Britain

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Arthurian setting legendary realm mythical place

King Arthur's Britain is the legendary medieval realm of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, often depicted as a chivalric and mythical version of early Britain.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Arthurian Britain 2
King Arthur’s Britain 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian setting ⓘ
legendary realm ⓘ
mythical place ⓘ
associatedWith King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot

Excalibur ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
surface form: Guinevere

Holy Grail ⓘ
King Arthur ⓘ
King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Knights of the Round Table

Merlin ⓘ
Mordred ⓘ
Morgan le Fay ⓘ
Gawain ⓘ
surface form: Sir Gawain

Sir Lancelot ⓘ
describedIn Arthurian legend ⓘ
Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances ⓘ
Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae

Matter of Britain ⓘ
Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
hasCapital King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot
hasCenter King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Camelot
hasCulturalOrigin British folklore ⓘ
Celtic tradition ⓘ
medieval European literature ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm chivalric court ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasInstitution King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Round Table
hasLanguageContext Middle English literature ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
surface form: Old French literature

Welsh literature ⓘ
hasLocationContext Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain

Logres (legendary kingdom) ⓘ
hasMythicElement enchanted lake ⓘ
faerie otherworld ⓘ
Excalibur ⓘ
surface form: magical sword Excalibur
hasReligiousContext Christianity (legendary) ⓘ
hasRuler King Arthur ⓘ
hasTheme Christian symbolism ⓘ
chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
heroic quests ⓘ
tragic downfall ⓘ
hasTimePeriod early medieval Britain (legendary) ⓘ
sub-Roman Britain ⓘ
surface form: sub-Roman Britain (legendary)
hasUncertainHistoricBasis true ⓘ
influenced British national mythology ⓘ
medieval chivalric ideals ⓘ
modern fantasy literature ⓘ
representedAs golden age of knighthood ⓘ
idealized kingdom of justice ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Bertilak de Hautdesert → setIn → King Arthur's Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian Britain
Hank Morgan → setting → King Arthur's Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Arthur’s Britain
Hank Morgan → transportedTo → King Arthur's Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arthurian Britain