Resources for Studying The Arthurian Tradition

[big resources] [specialized resources] [funky stuff]

Big Resources (please let me know if any of these links don't work). Please note: I didn't create these pages and can't vouch for the information on them. Use with discretion!

1. Main sources of information:

• The Camelot Project, University of Rochester--the biggie
• The Arthuriana Pedagogy Page--a gazillion resources for courses like ours
• The Norton Anthology of English Literature's introduction to Arthur: http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/middleages/topic_2/welcome.htm
• Biographies of Arthurian Characters
• Early British Kingdoms' King Arthur Homepage
• Geoffrey Ashe's article on the historical origins of the Arthurian legend; requires Adobe Acrobat: Available at http://faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/ARTHUR/ashe.pdf.
• Judy Shoaf's Growth of the Arthurian Legend timeline
• Arthurian Texts online (from TEAMS)
• A.P. Hamilton's "King Arthur: A Man for the Ages" site (voted "Best of the Web" by the BBC in October 2000)
• King Arthur in Myth and Art
• Bulfinch's Mythology: "The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur"
• British Heritage: "In Search of the Real King Arthur"
• Larry D. Benson, "Courtly Love and Chivalry in the Later Middle Ages." Available at http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/lifemann/love/ben-love.htm.
• Eric Auerbach, "The Knight Sets Forth," from Mimesis. Available at http://faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/chivalry/mimesis.pdf. 
• "Arthurnet"--the online discussion list for people who study King Arthur seriously
• King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
• King Arthur and the Holy Grail
• Sources of the Legends of King Arthur
• Kathy Nichols (Pittsburgh State University)'s Arthurian Legends Illustrated site (lots of art); see also her Arthurian Literature and Art Part I and Arthurian Literature and Art Part II sites.
• Thomas Green (Exeter College)'s Arthurian Resources site (lots of links)

2. Malory Links--let me know if you find other good ones!

• The Malory Project (in beta stage): http://www.maloryproject.com/
• The Baylor Le Morte Darthur Online project: http://lemortedarthuronline.com/index.htm
• Norton Critical Companion Edition companion page: http://myweb.lmu.edu/sshepherd/MorteDarthur.htm
• British Library "Treasures" site for the Winchester Manuscript: http://www.bl.uk/treasures/malory/homepage.html
• UVa E-text of Caxton: http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mal1Mor.html
• Caxton's Malory online at Penn State: http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/malory.htm
• Matthew Shim's e-texts links page: http://www.aloha.net/~mattman/electext.html
• Oakeshott and the Discovery of the Winchester Manuscript: http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~jdmevans/public/malory.html
• Oakeshott's article in the Times about the discovery of the manuscript: http://www.english.uga.edu/~jdmevans/public/august.html
• Richard Altick's account of Malory from The Scholar Adventurers (a cool book that every English student should read someday)

3. Specialized pages for characters, countries, etc.

• Political maps of Europe, AD 900-1700
• Morgan LeFay: Images and Basic Information
• Queen Anna (Morgause)
• Camelot in Cornwall?
• The Mystic Realm of King Arthur
• Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• The Ultimate Web Guide to King Arthur & Scotland
• Was King Arthur Real and Did He Live in Wales?
• Celtic Twilight (http://www.celtic-twilight.com)
• The Saxon Shore (http://www.pitt.edu/~jegst61/)

4. Assorted funky stuff

• Download MP3s of "King Arthur, 'The Earth in Turquoise': A Rock Symphony"
• Merlin & Morgan Le Fay Barbie Dolls (really!)
• The Lego Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Southern Methodist University's "Arthurian Multimedia" site--with a ton of stuff--everything from art to MP3s.
• IBM's "Magic Cost-Cutting Sword" commercial: http://www.visit4info.com/static/advert_pages/11675.cfm?back_page=23.cfm
• .wav files from the Broadway (Burton/Andrews/Goulet) production of Camelot: http://www.broadwaymasterworks.com/bway/Camelot_main.html