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This study begins with a brief account of the development of medieval incest laws, and the extent to which they were obeyed. Next comes a survey of classical incest stories and their legacy; many were retold in the Middle Ages, but they were frequently adapted to the purposes of Christian moralizers. In the three chapters that follow, homegrown medieval incest stories are grouped by relationship: mother-son (focusing on the Gregorius legend), father-daughter (focusing on La Manekine and its analogues), and sibling (focusing on the Arthurian legend). The final chapter considers the very common medieval trope of the Virgin Mary as mother, daughter, sister and bride of Christ, the one exception to the incest taboo.

Incest in literature. --- Literature, Medieval --- -European literature --- Medieval literature --- History and criticism. --- Incest in literature --- History and criticism --- Literature, Medieval. --- Literature, Medieval - History and criticism. --- Myth in literature --- Romances

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For more than a thousand years, the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have been retold across Europe. They have inspired some of the most important works of European literature, particularly in the medieval period: the romances of Chrétien de Troyes, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. In the nineteenth century, interest in the Arthurian legend revived with Tennyson, Wagner and Twain. This Companion outlines the evolution of the legend from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot, and analyses how some of the major motifs of the legend have been passed down in both medieval and modern texts. With a map of Arthur's Britain, a chronology of key texts and a guide to further reading, this volume itself will contribute to the continuing fascination with the King and his many legends.

Old English literature --- Arthur [King] --- Roman courtois anglais --- Arthurian romances --- English literature --- Romances, English --- History and criticism. --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Littérature anglaise --- Histoire et critique --- King Arthur [Fictitious character] --- English --- English Literature --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism

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A wide range of Arthurian material is discussed here, reflecting its diversity, and enduring vitality. Geoffrey of Monmouth's best-selling Historia regum Britannie is discussed in the context of Geoffrey's reception in Wales and the relationship between Latin and Welsh literary culture. Two essays deal with the Middle English Ywain and Gawain: the first offers a comparative study of the Middle English poem alongside Chrétien's Yvain and the Welsh Owein, while the second considers Ywain and Gawain with the Alliterative Morte Arthure in their northern English cultural and political context, the world of the Percys and the Nevilles. It is followed by a discussion of Edward III's recuperation of his abandoned Order of the Round Table, which offers an intriguing explanation for this reversal in the context of Edward's victory over the French at Poitiers. The final essay is a comparison of fifteenth- and twentieth-century portrayals of Camelot in Malory and T.H. White, as both idea and locale, and a centre of hearsay and gossip. The volume is completed with a unique and little-known medieval Greek Arthurian poem, presented in facing-page edition and modern English translation.

Elizabeth Archibald is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society; David F. Johnson is Professor of English at Florida State University, Tallahassee.

Contributors: Christopher Berard, Louis J. Boyle, Thomas H. Crofts, Ralph Hanna, Georgia Lynn Henley, Erich Poppe

Arthurian romances --- History and criticism. --- Arthur, --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys, --- In literature. --- Arthurian literature. --- Arthurian themes. --- Camelot. --- Geoffrey of Monmouth. --- Middle English. --- literary analysis.

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The continued influence and significance of the legend of Arthur are demonstrated by the articles collected in this volume.

Arthurian romances. --- Romances --- Arthur, --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys, --- French romance. --- Gawain-poet. --- Malory. --- sword.

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The essays collected here put considerable emphasis on Arthurian narratives in material culture and historical context, as well as on purely literary analysis, a reminder of the enormous range of interests in Arthurian narratives in the Middle Ages, in a number of different contexts. The volume opens with a study of torture in texts from Chrétien to Malory, and on English law and attitudes inparticular. Several contributors discuss the undeservedly neglected Stanzaic Morte Arthur, a key source for Malory. His Morte Darthur is the focus of several essays, respectively on thesources of the "Tale of Sir Gareth"; battle scenes and the importance of chivalric kingship; Cicero's De amicitia and the mixed blessings and dangers of fellowship; and comparison of concluding formulae in the Winchester Manuscript and Caxton's edition. Seven tantalizing fragments of needlework, all depicting Tristan, are discussed in terms of the heraldic devices they include. The volume ends with an update on newly discovered manuscripts of Geoffrey of Monmouth's seminal Historia regum Britanniae, the twelfth-century best-seller which launched Arthur's literary career. Elizabeth Archibald is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society; David F. Johnson is Professor of English at Florida State University, Tallahassee. Contibutors: David Eugene Clark, Marco Nievergelt, Ralph Norris, Sarah Randles, Lisa Robeson, Richard Sévère, Jaakko Tahkokallio, Larissa Tracy

Arthurian romances --- History and criticism. --- Arthur, --- In literature. --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys, --- Arthurian Literature. --- Arthurian matters. --- Caxton's edition. --- Chrétien. --- Cicero. --- David Eugene Clark. --- David F. Johnson. --- De amicitia. --- Elizabeth Archibald. --- English law. --- Geoffrey of Monmouth. --- Historia regum Britanniae. --- Jaakko Tahkokallio. --- Larissa Tracy. --- Lisa Robeson. --- Malory. --- Marco Nievergelt. --- Middle Ages. --- Morte Darthur. --- Ralph Norris. --- Richard Sévère. --- Sarah Randles. --- Sir Gareth. --- Stanzaic Morte Arthur. --- Tristan. --- Winchester Manuscript. --- battle scenes. --- chivalric kingship. --- concluding formulae. --- contributors. --- fellowship. --- genres. --- heraldic devices. --- historical context. --- key source. --- literary analysis. --- literary career. --- material culture. --- needlework. --- periods. --- research. --- theoretical issues. --- twelfth-century.