Title: Arthurian legends and the influence of French prose romance
Description: Collection of 52 manuscripts (12th-16th c.) in the British Library, London. The collection, which emphasizes the prose romance tradition, includes 20 variant manuscripts of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, 26 manuscripts of the French prose tradition of Chrétien de Troyes and Robert de Boron, and concludes with the Winchester manuscript of Malory's Morte D'Arthur.
Subjects: Arthurian romances, Sources, Medieval Literature, French influences, Legends, Manuscripts, Facsimiles, Merlin (Legendary character), Tristan (Legendary character), Lancelot (Legendary character), Grail, History, French language, Influence on English
Places: Great Britain
People: Arthur King, Joseph of Arimathea, Saint, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph (1100?-1154), Thomas Malory Sir (active 15th century), Lancelot (Legendary character)
Time periods: To 1066, To 1300