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A bronze
Arthur in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield wearing Kastenbrust armour (early 16th century) by
Peter Vischer, typical of later
anachronistic depictions of Arthur.
WikiProject King Arthur is a WikiProject created to better organize information in articles related to King Arthur. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there and add your name to the participants list.
- Goals
The WikiProject King Arthur's ultimate goal is focused on offering Wikipedia readers a comprehensive and informative guide to high-quality Wikipedia articles relating to King Arthur and his various representations in literature, film, and so on. Our more specific goals include . . .
- To create, maintain, and improve all articles related to the world of King Arthur.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to the world of King Arthur.
- To provide standards and guidelines for articles related to the world of King Arthur.
- Scope
WikiProject King Arthur encompasses all articles related to . . .
- The myths and legends related to King Arthur, and printed versions of them.
- Any film or television productions, or other music or art inspired by the books.
- Relevant traditional British history.
- What can you do?
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Project History
The Project was originally founded on 24 April 2007, remarkably gaining its first five members in less than 24 hours.
Participants
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- Tegalad (talk · contribs) - I don't know if I'm going to attempt this with you guys or not, but I am seriously looking into improving the Le Morte d'Arthur page, since it is quite awful. I really think that this page is probably the first point of call for many students and it should be as authoritative as possible.
- Wrad 04:31, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- Kuralyov 04:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- — AnnaKucsma (Talk to me!) 21:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm totally in.--Cúchullain t/c 21:18, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
- John Carter 21:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC) - Will help as time and circumstances permit.
- Adam Keller - same as above - will do what I can within time limits of many other things to do.
- Matthew Woodcraft
- Stoa 19:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC) - Yay! A King Arthur WikiProject!
- Kooko 06:07, 30 April 2007 (UTC) - I'll be glad to help as time and desire permit.
- Narfil Palùrfalas - I'll be busy this next month or so, but immediately following I'll try and contribute. Especially to the "historical" persons of Arthurian myth, such as Caradoc, Cado, and Gereint.
- Tea and crumpets 19:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
- Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 14:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
- Fleela (talk · contribs) - I'm not an expert or academic, but I would be glad to help in any way possible.
- llywrch 02:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC) - admitting that I need to add sources to information I added over ::mutter:: years ago.
- DonQuixote 20:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
- MartinTurner (talk · contribs) - studied medieval English at Oxford. Invigorating to be involved in this project.
- Brendandh 00:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC) - Interested in the origins and historicity of Arthurian legend. Btw Camelot was Carlisle not Caerleon! :) Just to add (from Tegalad) Umm no it wasn't.
- The Lord Rhys (talk · contribs) Love King Arthur, especially the Welsh versions of the stories.
- --Markisgreen 03:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
- Sausagerooster 2:24, 16 July 2007 (UTC) - Love everything regarding Arthurian legends and history. Have mounds of books on the subjects and glad to help in any way.
- Hrothgar cyning (talk · contribs) I'm in :)
- Gladius Terrae Novae (talk · contribs) I'm in-er!:)
- Katana Geldar (talk · contribs) 12:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC) I have a few Arthur novels that I have noticed weren't in there.
- Tyciol (talk) 14:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
- PKM (talk · contribs) I'm in, have moderate piles of books, can make/edit/find images
- jc37 (talk · contribs) - 00:59, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- Hadrian89 29Nov08 - Happy to help with Middle English Arthurian Literature
- edcullenlover (talk · contribs) 26Jan2009 - Love Middle English Arthurian Literature
- gad530 (talk · contribs) Love British history
- Of Avalon...
- James Frankcom (talk) - I have researched Dark Age British history for more than a decade, so this is my speciality. I have an extensive book collection. I hope I can be of assistance...
- Cagwinn (talk · contribs)
- AmericaHistory (talk · contribs) Will help as time permits...
- Richard asr (talk · contribs) interested in the mythological/prehistory side of these fascinating Medieval tales
- kltk78 (talk · contribs) interested in assisting as time permits, especially concerning modern adaptations and religious/spiritual connections.
- Gregorius the Brown (talk · contribs) Willing to help in any way I can.
- Rajah1 (talk · contribs) - Have been editing various Arthur articles so I might as well make this official. Will help as I can.
- Ruby2010 (talk · contribs) - I like to edit articles about Arthurian literature, such as Nancy McKenzie or Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Galdaran (talk · contribs) - I want to help inserting sources and historical content for candidates for the real Arthur. My emphasis would be the historical discussion around the Arthurian cycle.
- Iamthecheese44 (talk · contribs) 16 December 2012 - So happy to find that there's a King Arthur WikiProject. Will help in any way I can.
- Amashelle (talk · contribs) July 6th, 2013 - New to Wiki, but not to Arthurian legend. Happy to help improve the related articles in any way I can.
- PhiChiPsiOmega (talk · contribs) 1 January 2015 - Wikipedia editor currently interested in history and mythology. Will help find sources as much as I can.
- Wjustus (talk · contribs) 12 January 2016 - Looking forward to helping however I can
- Parsa (talk · contribs) 27 December 2017 — Primarily interested in early and medieval Arthurian literature.
- Antipodean.medievalist (talk · contribs) - Interested in helping improve the page(s) on Laȝamon's Brut.
- Escriba de Restrepo (talk · contribs)
- findingkingarthur12334 (talk · contribs)- 7 December 2018 I will help you when I have the time to do so, but I love King Arthur and legends.
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Did you know (DYK)s
- Prose Tristan - April 2, 2006
- Perlesvaus - September 4, 2006
- Eilhart von Oberge - October 16, 2006
- Brangaine - December 8, 2006
- "Chevrefoil" - May 16, 2007
- Green Knight - May 22, 2007
- "King Arthur and King Cornwall" - June 7, 2007
- Goeznovius - December 16, 2007
- Der Pleier - November 9, 2008
- Kairo-kō - November 22, 2008
- Palamedes (romance - January 23, 2009
- Beunans Ke - November 28, 2009
New Wikipedia articles related to King Arthur
Please feel free to list your new King Arthur-related articles here (newer articles at the bottom, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYK information must come from articles created in the preceding 7 days. When you finish adding your article here, please also place it in the appropriate section at the King Arthur Watchlist.
- Annales Cambriae
- Chevrefoil
- The Idylls of the Queen - novel dealing with the personalities of many of the characters. I haven't had a copy in several years, but a very interesting novel involving the possible characters and motivations of several of the characters.
- Green Knight - A new article created as a branch of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- Vortigern and Rowena - a hoax play attributed to Shakespeare when it appeared in 1796
- "King Arthur and King Cornwall" - a ballad featuring the Green Knight.
- Brother Robert, a clergyman in Norway who wrote, among other things, the only version of the courtly branch of the Tristan and Iseult legend that survives completely
- Vita Merlini, Geoffrey of Monmouth's third work, detailing the life of Merlin
- Goeznovius, a saint whose Legenda includes an early account of Arthur
- Norris J. Lacy, a leading expert on the Arthurian legend
- Persia Woolley's Guinevere trilogy consisting of Child of the Northern Spring, Queen of the Summer Stars and Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn
- Fate/stay night and Saber (Fate/stay night) a protagonist. (A game/anime/manga and character with references to Arthurian mythology, to avoid spoilers watch it prior to reading the article)
- Blazing Dragons, a cartoon series and video game adaptation which use Arthurian legend as the basis ("King AllFire and the Knights of the Square Table")
- Der Pleier, mid-13th-century German author of Garel and two other Arthurian romances
- Kairo-kō, by Natsume Sōseki, the earliest and only major novel based on the Arthurian legend in the Japanese language.
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921 film), a silent film that was the first film adaptation of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- A Connecticut Yankee (film), a 1931 film also based on Twain's novel
- The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur, a Latin text on Gawain's early years in Rome.
- The Awntyrs off Arthure, a Middle English alliterative verse romance involving the ghost of Guinevere's mother.
- Strengleikar, an Old Norse version of The Lais of Marie de France
- Saint Tryphine, Breton saint supposedly married to Arthur in a Breton variant of the myth.
- Palamedes (romance), a 13th-century French prose romance about Palamedes and the fathers of various Knights of the Round Table.
- Lancelot (novel), a 1978 novel by Walker Percy which transposes the Grail and the Wasteland into modern America
- Horn of Bran the Niggard one of the legendary treasures of Britain
- Lludd and Llefelys, a Welsh tale from the Mabinogion about Lludd, an early king of Britain
- Brut y Brenhinedd, a series of Welsh adaptations of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
- Beunans Ke (greatly expanded), a 16th-century Cornish-language saints play with a substantial Arthurian episode
- Prophecy of Merlin, 12th-century Latin prophetic writing attributed to Merlin; contains some of the earliest Cornish writing.
- Constantine (Briton) (rewritten and expanded), shadowy early Brythonic king said by Geoffrey of Monmouth to have been Arthur's successor as king
- De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, spun off from Gildas, an important 6th-century text
- Iwein (poem), stub on Hartmann von Aue's German adaptation of Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
- Holy Grail tapestries, Victorian tapestries depicting the story of the Holy Grail
- Sir Perceval of Galles, a 14th-century Middle English version of the Percival story]]
- Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle, a 15th-century Middle English romance about Gawain
- The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain, a story of single combat and high courtesy. 1508 print, Chepman and Myllar, Edinburgh.
- Yvain and Gawain, a 4000-line Middle English retelling of Chretien's romance Yvain, the Knight of the Lion.
- Nancy McKenzie, author of Queen of Camelot and Grail Prince