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French Arthurian/"Celtic" Texts

FRENCH ENGLISH
Anonymous
Perlesvaus/Le Haut Livre du Graal (1190-1210) Perlesvaus/The High History of the Holy Grail
Tyolet (1200) The Lai of Tyolet
Meliot (1200) The Lai of Meliot
Le Chevalier à l'Épée (1210) The Knight of the Sword
Folie Tristan (Berne) (1200-1300) The Madness of Tristan
Folie Tristan (Oxford) (1200-1300) The Madness of Tristan
Les Enfances Gauvain (1200-1300) The Birth of Gawain
Roman de Yder (1210) The Story of Yder
Durmart le Gallois (1220) Durmart of Wales
Vulgate Cycle: Queste del Saint Greal (1220) The Quest for the Grail
Meriadeuc: Le Chevalier aux Deux Épées (1225) The Knight of the Two Swords
Gliglois (1225)
Jaufré (1225)
Prose Tristan, aka "Le Roman de Tristan de Léonis" (1225-35)
Roman du Graal "Pseudo-Boron" (1230-40)
Livre D'Artus (1230-40) The Life of Arthur
Sone de Nansai (1250-75) The Dream of Nansai (1250+)
Hunbaut (1250-75)
Floriant et Florete (1250-75)
Claris et Laris (1268)
Les Merveilles de Rigomer (1260)
Le Chevalier du Papegau (1300) The Knight of the Parrot
   
Geffroi Gaimar (ca. 1150)
Estoire des Angles History of the English
   
Robert Biketâs (1150-75)
Lai du Cor Lay of the Horn
   
Robert Wace (1155)
Roman de Brut Brut
Roman de Rou Romance of the Kings
   
Marie de France (1160)
Ysopets Fables
L'Espurgatoire Seint Patriz St Patrick's Purgatory
Lais (In French): Lays (In English):
Lai de Guigemar Guigemar
Lai d'Equitan Equitan
Le Fresne The Ash Tree
Lai de Bisclavret The Werewolf
Lai de Lanval Lanval
Les Deux Amanz The Two Lovers
Lai d'Yonec Yonec
Lai du Laüstic The Nightingale
Milun Milun
Chaitivel The Four Sorrows
Chevrefoil The Honeysuckle
Eliduc Eliduc
   
Thomas of Ercledoun (1170)
Tristain at Iseult Tristan and Iseult
   
Chretien de Troyes (1165-1191)
Cligès Cliges
Érec et Énide Erec and Enide
Lancelot ou le Chevalier à la charrette Lancelot, or, the Knight of the Cart
Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion Yvain, or, the Knight With the Lion
Perceval ou le Conte du Graal Perceval, or, the Story of the Grail
Perceval Continuations (not by Chretien)
Elucidation The Elucidation: prologue
Bliocadran Bliocadran: prologue
Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys: from the Perceval Continuation One
Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle: also from the Perceval Continuation One.
   
Renart/Renaud de Beaujeu (1185-90)
Le Bel Inconnu aka "Guinglain"
   
Béroul (1191)
Tristan et Iseult Tristan and Iseult
   
Robert de Boron: Le Roman du Graal, translated by Dell Skeels (1202)
Li Romanz de l'estoire dou Graal: Joseph de Arimathe Joseph of Arimathea
Merlin Merlin
Perceval Perceval
Mort Artu The Death of Arthur
   
Heldris de Cornualle (1200-1300)
Le roman de Silence
   
Raoul (1210-20)
La Vengeance Raguidel
   
Paiende Maisières (1210-30)
La Mule sans Frein
   
Raoul de Houdenc (1225)
Meraugis de Portlesguez
   
Guillaume le Clerc (1225)
Fergus Fergus
   
Jean Froissart (1388)
Meliador Meliador

Germanic Arthurian Texts

German English
   
Anonymous
Tristan als Monch (1200-1300) Tristan as a Monk
Wigamur (1250) Wigamur
   
Eilhart von Oberge (1170)
Tristan Tristan
   
Heinrich von Veldeke (1175-86)
Eneit Erec and Enide
   
Hartmann von Aue (1190-2)
Erec Erec
Iwein Iwein
   
Wirnt von Gravenberg (1204)
Wigalois Wigalois
   
Ulrich von Zatzikhoven (1200)
Lanzelet Lanzelet
   
Ulrich von Turheim
Tristan Tristan
Wolfram von Eschenbach (1204-12)
Titurel Titurel
Parzival Parzival
Gottfried von Strassburg (1210)
Tristan Tristan
Heinrich von dem Türlin (1220)
Diu Krône The Crown (excerpt)
   
Claus Wisse and Philipp Colin (1331-6)
Parzifal Commentary on Wofram's Parzival
   
NORSE ENGLISH
Anonymous
Januals liódh (1200-1300)
Geitarlauf (1200-1300)
Breta sogur (1220) The History of Britain (Geoffrey's HRB)
Erex saga (1230-40) The Saga of Erec
Ivens saga Artuskappa (1230-40) The Saga of Ywein, nephew of Arthur
Möttuls saga (1230-40) The Saga of the Mantel
Parcevals saga (1250) The Saga of Perceval
Valvers þáttr (1250) The Tale of Gawain (?)
Herra Ivan (1300)
Skikkju rímur (1400-1500)
   
Gunnlaug Leifsson (1200-1218)
Merlínusspá The Prophecy of Merlin
   
Brother Robert (1226)
Tristams saga
   
DUTCH ENGLISH
   
Anonymous
Ferguut (1250-1300)
De Ridder metter Mouwen (1300)
Lancelot cycle (1300)
De Wrake van Ragiesel (1300)
Moriæn Sir Morien (1340)

   
>Pennic; Pieter Vostaert (1250)
Walewein Gawain
   
Lodewijk van Velthelm (1250)
Perchevael Perceval
Livre d'Artus
   
Jacob van Maerlant (1261)
Historie van den Grale The History of the Grail
Merlijns Boeck The Book of Merlin (Merlin's Prophecies)

English Arthurian Texts

Laȝamon (ca. 1190-1200?)
Arthurian portions of The Brut (translated)
Brut (Cotton Caligula version) (untranslated)
Brut (MS Cotton Otho version) (untranslated)

Geoffrey Chaucer (1392-4)
The Wife of Bath's Tale

Thomas Chestre (1320-40)
Sir Launfal
Libeaus Desconus

Thomas Hughes (fl. 1587)
The Misfortunes of Arthur

Thomas Malory (1470)
Le Morte d'Arthur

Anonymous Ballads from the Camelot Project Website
The Alliterative Morte Arthure (1360)
The Avowyng of Arthur (1425)
The Awntyrs off Arthur (1375-1400)
The Carle of Carlisle
The Greene Knight (1500)
The History of That Holy Disciple Joseph of Arimathea
The Jeaste of Sir Gawain (1450)
King Arthur and King Cornwall (1500-20)
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain (1482-1500)
Lancelot of the Laik (1482-1500)
The Marriage of Sir Gawain (1450)
Prose Merlin (1450)
Sir Cleges
Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle (1400)
Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight (1390)
Sir Libeaus Desconus
Sir Percyvelle of Galles (1320-40)
Sir Tristrem (1300)
The Six Ballads of King Arthur
Stanzaic Morte Arthur (1400)
Tom Thumbe, His Life and Death (1630)
The Turke and Sir Gawain (1500)
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle (1450)
Ywain and Gawain (1350)

Other Ballads
Arthour and Merlin (1250-75)
The Boy and the Mantle (1500-1600) The History of the Holy Grail (1450)
Joseph of Arimathie: Otherwise Called The Romance of the Seint Graal, Or Holy Grail (1350)
Kempy Kay
Kemp Owyne
Childe Rowland (Jamieson version)

Arthurian Fairy Tales
Jack the Giant-Killer
The History of Tom Thumb
Childe Rowland (Jacobs version)
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh (a variation on "Kemp Owyne")

Irish Arthurian Texts

IRISH ENGLISH
Eachtra an Mhadra Mhaoil The Story of the Crop-Eared Dog
Eachtra Mhacaoimh-an-Iolair The Story of Eagle-Boy
Eachtra Cloinne Rígh na h-Ioruaidhe Adventures of the Children of the King of Norway
Lorgaireacht an tSoidhigh Naomhtha the Quest of the Holy Grail
Eachtra Mhelóra agus Orlando The story of Melóra and Orlando
Céilidhe Iosgaide Léithe The Visit of Grey-Thigh