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Definition of Arthurian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Definition of Arthurian
1. a. Of or pertaining to King Arthur or his knights.
Definition of Arthurian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot. ¹
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Literary usage of Arthurian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1922)
"For an adequate treatment of the equally interesting subject of the arthurian
stories in Brittany I have not the necessary materials at hand as yet. ..."
2. A Guide to the Middle English Metrical Romances Dealing with English and by Anna Hunt Billings (1901)
"THE arthurian LEGENDS. GENERAL REFERENCES. The bibliographies in Grb'ber, 485,
... The views of different scholars in regard to the origin of the arthurian ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"THE arthurian LEGENDS IN TENNYSON. Middle Ages are sometimes spoken of as the
... The arthurian cycle, in particular, became a kind of nucleus around which ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"IN this study, which, though dealing with the fairy element in arthurian tales
in general, is more especially concerned with the nature and evolution of ..."
5. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1888)
"The question whether Wales or Brittany gave birth to the older and rougher forms
of arthurian romance I think Birthplace ..,. ..."
6. An Introduction to English Medieval Literature by Charles Sears Baldwin (1914)
"(c) THE GRAIL LEGEND IN THE arthurian CYCLE * But the most popular of all romantic
legends and the one which added most, perhaps, to the vitality of the ..."
7. A Summary of the Literatures of Modern Europe: (England, France, Germany by Marian Edwardes (1907)
"For the origin of the French Romances, see Introductory note, "arthurian Cycle,"
... The tale of Tristan was not originally attached to the arthurian Cycle. ..."