This is a bibliography of works about King Arthur, his family, friends or enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.
6th century De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae by Gildas (mentions the Battle of Mons Badonicus, but famously neglects to mention Arthur)
9th century Historia Brittonum attributed to Nennius
10th century
Latin Annales Cambriae, anonymous
Welsh Preiddeu Annwfn attributed to Taliesin Pa Gur yv y Porthaur (), anonymous (a dialogue between Arthur and a gatekeeper, in which he boasts about Cei's battle with the Cath Palug) Englynion y Beddau (), anonymous (Arthur's grave site is a mystery)
11th century
Latin The Legend of St. Goeznovius, anonymous (Saxon resurgence when Arthur is "recalled from the actions of the world" may be a reference to his immortality.; Vortigern mentioned) Vita Sancti Cadoc by Lifris of Llancarfan (Arthur wants to ravish Gwladys whom Gundliauc elopes with, but aids them by Kay and Bedivere's counsel. St. Cadoc harbors a killer of Arthur's men and pays cattle as recompense, but they transform into bundles of ferns.)
Welsh Trioedd Ynys Prydein () 11th–14th century. (Twelve triads referring to Arthur.Lacy 1997 pages 565–7, GA (Geoffrey Ashe), "Triads" Others mention Mabon and Drystan,. etc.) Trioedd y meirch () (mentions the horse names of Cei (Sir Kay), Gwalchmai's horse Ceincaled.) Tri Thlws ar Ddeg Ynys Prydain () 15th–16th centuries "Period of the Cywyddwyr" Pedwar marchog ar hugain llys () 15th–16th centuries (mentions the sword Caledfwlch and the spear Rhongomiant.)
12th century
Welsh Culhwch and Olwen, anonymous,
Latin Vita Sancti Carannog (at Arthur's requests, Carannog tames a dragon. Cato (Kay) is depicted as feeding it.) Vita Sancti Euflami (Arthur cannot defeat dragon, but Efflam causes it to plunge from a rock through prayer, GA, "Saints' Lives, Arthur in" (p.299)) Vita Sancti Paternus (mentions Arthur and Caradoc) Gesta Regum Anglorum by William of Malmesbury 1125 (Arthur wears image of Mary; Discovery of Gawain's tomb., KGM (Kenneth G. Madison), "William of Malmesbury") Historia Anglorum by Henry of Huntingdon 1129 (mentions Arthur) Vita Santi Gildae by Caradoc of Llancarfan (early version of Malegant-Guenivere abduction narrative.) Works of Geoffrey of Monmouth are the main source of information for those writing on the legend. Historia Regum Britanniae Vita Merlini Vera historia de morte Arthuri De miraculis sanctae Mariae Laudunensis by Herman of Tournai 1147 (early witness to the legend of Arthur's survival) Life of Saint Kentigern by Jocelyn of Furness (contains a version of the legend of Merlin, here called Lailoken, Chapter xlv, "Laleocen") Vita Sancti Illtud (Illtud came across from Brittany to visit his cousin Arthur's court. King Mark mentioned.)
French and Anglo-Norman Roman de Brut by Wace (an Anglo-Norman verse reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae) Draco Normannicus by Étienne de Rouen (an epic chronicle of Normandy, it is the first text to mention Morgan Le Fay as Arthur's sister) Tristan by Thomas of Britain Tristan by Béroul Folie Tristan d'Oxford, The Lais of Marie de France Lanval Chevrefoil (an episode of the Tristan and Iseult story) The poems of Chrétien de Troyes Erec and Enide Cligés Yvain, the Knight of the Lion Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart Perceval, le Conte du Graal Tristan mentioned but non-extant The poems of Robert de Boron (extant) Merlin (partly extant in 300 lines) Perceval The (a rendering of a lost poem titled Perceval by Robert de Boron) Le Bel Inconnu by Renaut de Beujeu Lai du Cor by Robert Biket (Caradoc succeeds in drinking from horn, proves wife's chastity)Le lai du cor et Le manteau mal taillé : les dessous de la Table ronde, Koble, Nathalie; Baumgartner, Emmanuèle, (Paris: Éditions Rue d'Ulm, 2005) La Mantel Mautaillé (Caradoc's wife passes the chastity test by wearing an ill-fitting mantel) La Mule sans frein
German Tristan by Eilhart von Oberge Lanzelet by Ulrich von Zatzikhoven late 12th century (a rendering of a lost French tale of Lancelot that likely predates Chrétien de Troyes's famous Lancelot or the Knight of the Cart. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven obtained a copy of the original book in 1194 and translated the work from French into German.) The poems of Hartmann von Aue Iwein, late 12th century (German adaptation of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion) Erec, late 12th century (expanded reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide)
13th century
French, Anglo-Norman or Occitan Roman de Fergus by Guillaume le Clerc 1190s/1200s Jaufré (Occitan verse) La Vengeance Raguidel by Raoul (sometimes identified as Raoul de Houdenc)Lacy 1999 p. 595 Lancelot-Grail (Vulgate Cycle), anonymous Estoire del Saint Grail Estoire de Merlin Lancelot propre Queste del Saint Graal Mort Artu Perlesvaus, anonymous, Prose Tristan by "Luce de Gat" (1230s) and "Helie de Boron" (c. 1240) Post-Vulgate Cycle, anonymous begun 1230s, finished 1240s Palamedes composed between 1235 and 1240 L'âtre périlleux, anonymous see 'The Perilous Graveyard: a text edition': http://opencommons.uconn.edu/dissertations/AAI9906544/ [accessed 1st Feb 2018] , Roman de Silence by Heldrius de Cornwall Roman de Roi Artus aka Compilation by Rusticiano (Rustichello da Pisa); Franco-Italian, Gyron le courtois (published 1501?) Meliadus de Leonnoys (published 1528 by Galliot du Pré, 1532 by Denys Janot)
German Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach Wigalois by Wirnt von Grafenberg Daniel von Blumenthal by Der Stricker Diu Crône by Heinrich von dem Türlin The poems of Der Pleier Garel von dem blühenden Tal, or Tandareis und Flordibel Meleranz Der Mantel, once attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin (the "ill-fitting mantle" chastity test theme)
Norse Brother Robert's prose renditions Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar 1226 (Norse reworking Tristan by Thomas of Britain) Ívens saga 1226 (Norse reworking of Chrétien's Yvain, the Knight of the Lion) Erex saga, perhaps originally by Robert (text probably changed in MS. transmission; a Norse reworking of Chrétien's Erec and Enide) Parcevals saga and Valvens þáttr (adaptation in two parts of Chrétien's Perceval) Möttuls saga, adaptation of the "ill-fitting mantle" motif Strengleikar (translations of lais mostly by Marie de France) "Geitarlauf" (translation of Chevrefoil) "Januals ljóð" (translation of Lanval)
English Brut by Layamon (English reworking of Historia Regum Britanniae) Sir Tristrem (English reworking of Tristan by Thomas of Britain) Arthour and Merlin
Dutch by Penninc and Pieter Vostaert Roman van Ferguut (translation and reworking of the Roman de Fergus) The Lancelot Compilation (an adaptation of the Lancelot-Grail and other romances, 10 in all:Lacy 1999 pp. 387–8, BB (Bart Besamusca), "Middle Dutch Arthurian Literature") Lanceloet Perchevael Moriaen (Morien)
Wrake van Ragisel (adaptation of Vengeance Raguidel) Ridder metter mouwen ("The Knight with the Sleeve" ) Walewein ende Keye Lanceloet en het hert met de witte voet ("Lancelot and the Stag with the White Foot") Torec by Jacob van Maerlant Arturs doet
Hebrew Melech Artus (), a 1279 Hebrew translation, and the first in that language, which was published in Italy. Contains several short parts of the Vulgate Cycle: the Pendragon's seduction of Igraine and Arthur's death. Total of 5 pages, at the end of a larger codex on calendar astronomy titled Sefer ha-I'bbur ("the book of making leap years"). Anonymous author.Curt Leviant. King Artus: A Hebrew Arthurian Romance of 1279. Syracuse University Press, 2003. For the Manuscript: Mss. Urb. Ebr. 48 in the Vatican Library, pp. 75r–77r.
Welsh Brut y Brenhinedd (Welsh chronicle adaptation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae) The Dream of Rhonabwy, anonymous The Black Book of Carmarthen, anonymous (mentions Arthur)
14th century
English Alliterative Morte Arthure, anonymous Stanzaic Morte Arthur, anonymous The Avowyng of Arthur The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, anonymous The Awntyrs off Arthure, anonymous Sir Cleges (not closely related to Chrestien's Cliges; set in Uther Pendragon's court) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by The Pearl Poet Sir Launfal by Thomas Chestre (a remaking of the lai of Lanval) Sir Libeaus Desconus Yvain and Gawain Sir Perceval of Galles Arthur Lancelot of the Laik
Welsh (All dates for the Welsh compositions are controversial)
Mabinogion, anonymous Culhwch and Olwen (recorded) The Welsh Romances Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain Geraint and Enid Peredur, son of Efrawg
Italian Tavola Rottonda, anonymous
French Perceforest, anonymous
Catalan La Faula by Guillem de Torroella"Guillem de Torroella"
Greek O Presbus Ippotes (, ; a Greek reworking of part of Rustichello da Pisa's Compilations)
15th century
English Arthur Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory Prose Merlin "King Arthur and King Cornwall" Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle
Italian Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo La Tavola Ritonda, anonymous
Icelandic Skikkjurímur, (a rendition of the "ill-fitting mantle" story)
Breton An Dialog etre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff, anonymous
16th century
English Arthur of Little BritainThe Sixteenth Century Editions of "Arthur of Little Britain", G.E. Mitchell, Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire Année 1972 50-3 pp. 793-795. Online at Persée.fr (retrieved June 12, 2023) The Greene Knight The Boy and the Mantle (ballad in the Percy Folio, chastity test story of the "ill-fitting mantle" and the horn) The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain 1508 The Jeaste of Sir Gawain The Misfortunes of Arthur by Thomas Hughes, 1587 The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1590
Welsh Tristan Romance, preserved in fragmentary form in several MSS.
Byelo-Russian 1560s
Yiddish Viduvilt (Yiddish reworking of Wigalois)
17th century
English Works of Richard Johnson Tom a Lincoln (1607) The History of Tom Thumbe, the Little, for his small stature surnamed, King Arthurs Dwarfe (1621) The Birth of Merlin, or, The Childe Hath Found His Father by William Rowley (?1620; first published 1662) Works of Richard Blackmore Prince Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Ten Books (1695) King Arthur: An Heroick Poem in Twelve Books (1697)
18th century The History of Jack and the Giants, published by J. White (1711) Works by Henry Fielding Tom Thumb The Tragedy of Tragedies Warton, Thomas (1728–1790) "The Grave of King Arthur" (1777) "On King Arthur's Round-table at Winchester" (1777) Vortigern and Rowena by W. H. Ireland (1799) (a Shakespearian forgery)
19th century "Arthur o' Bower" (1805) By Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Lady of Shalott (1833) Idylls of the King (1859–1885) The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by James Knowles (1862) The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier (1880) Tristram of Lyonesse by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1882) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (1889)
Bulfinch, Thomas Age of Chivalry; or, Legends of King Arthur
Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1872.
20th century English Howard Pyle - In a four volume set including: "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" (1903) "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" (1905) "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" (1907) "The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur" (1910) The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis (1905) by Clemence HousmanBrian Stableford, (2009), The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, page 205. Scarecrow Press. Merlin (1917), Lancelot (1920), and Tristram (1927) by Edwin Arlington Robinson War in Heaven (1930) by Charles W. S. Williams, a "modern-day" (20th century) quest for the Holy Grail The Little Wench (1935) by Philip Lindsay Merlin's Godson by H. Warner Munn King of the World's Edge (1936)