#alliterative morte athure

[queer-ragnelle]

Alliterative Morte Arthure | More quotes at Arthuriana Daily

[gawrkin]

Agoraphobia is one of the weirdest and nonsense character traits you could give to Queen Guinevere.

Mostly because how actual Medieval literature contradicts this idea: Guinevere is portrayed as someone very eager to go outside and join/observe whatever outdoor activities, from tournaments to hunting trips. The latter is notable as early as Chretien de Troyes - in Erec and Enide, Guinevere requests to accompany her husband and knights in the White Stag hunt. Alliterative Morte Athure even has Arthur give Guinevere her own hunting grounds.

One of Le Morte D'Arthur's more famous scenes is Guinevere celebrating May Day, going out with her knights and ladies dressed in shrubbery.

[eloquentdreams]

I just saw a Tumblr thread about Caliburn/Excalibur and it being two swords and Excalibur not being the one Arthur pulled from the stone and I just...

I know that I am the EMBODIMENT of the post itself but I am a medievalist and Arthuriana is what I DO for so I have to step in. Caliburn and Excalibur are the same sword in all of the Arthurian texts I’ve read; the name Caliburn is always translated as Excalibur (it is actually very rarely called Excalibur in the Middle English corpus, from what I can tell.) The ONLY text in the medieval Arthurian corpus that references two swords is the Alliterative Morte Athure. I know this because it is one of the texts I wrote my thesis on, and I read an article about the two swords. That second sword is known as Clarent, and is characterized as the sword of peace (Cador recognizes it and is upset that Arthur is using it in battle because that’s not how he used it up till then). My guess is that this person is depending on Malory for their Arthurian knowledge which is a Bad Move™️ given that Mallory’s project was the late medieval/early modern equivalent of condensing the entirety of DC comics into a linear, coherent canon.

Alternatively this person could be depending on T.H. White which is like consulting The Lord of the Rings for Beowulf canon...