Resources for Studying
The Arthurian Tradition

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Off-campus 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. 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/)

3. 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