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    The Matter of Britain (French: matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany...
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  • literature, the others being the Matter of Britain, relating to the legends of Great Britain and Brittany, and the Matter of Rome which represented the medieval...
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  • division of literary cycles also included the Matter of France and the Matter of Britain (although "non-cyclical" romance also existed). The Matter of Rome...
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  • the earlier Three Matters as termed by the French author Jean Bodel; the Matter of Britain (concerning King Arthur and his knights), of France (concerning...
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    legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In Welsh sources...
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    legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain. According...
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  • nightclub Matter (album), a 2016 album by synthpop artist St Lucia Matter (video game), a cancelled video game for the Xbox 360 Matter of Britain Matter of France...
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    (Carbone[c]k, Corbin) is the name of the Grail castle, the edifice housing the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. It is a magical domain of the Grail keeper, often...
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  • Logres (category Terminology of the British Isles)
    various other forms and spellings) is King Arthur's realm in the Matter of Britain. The geographical area referred to by the name is south and eastern...
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    Elements of the Matter of Britain, Welsh mythology and Cornish mythology which relate directly to England are included, such as the foundation myth of Brutus...
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    Britain around the 7th century. It is one of the central pieces of the Matter of Britain. Although taken as historical well into the 16th century, it is now...
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  • Pendragon (category Legendary British kings)
    'chief of warriors', 'commander-in-chief', generalissimo, or 'chief governor'), is the epithet of Uther, father of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain in...
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    and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early historical Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although it is listed...
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    Igraine (category Family of King Arthur)
    In the Matter of Britain, Igraine (/iːˈɡreɪn/) is the mother of King Arthur. Igraine is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr)...
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    are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights...
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    Knight (redirect from Knighthood, Orders of)
    companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the Matter of Britain, relating to the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round...
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    Rowena /roʊˈiːnə/ in the Matter of Britain was the daughter of the purported Anglo-Saxon chief Hengist and wife of Vortigern, "King of the Britons". Presented...
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    She was the youngest daughter of Leir and the second ruling queen of pre-Roman Britain. There is no independent historical evidence for her existence. She...
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    multiple characters in the Matter of Britain, the body of medieval literature and mythology associated with the legend of King Arthur. As either actually...
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    Gogmagog (giant) (category British folklore)
    legendary giant in the Matter of Britain. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ("The History of The Kings of Britain", 12th century)...
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    The following list of legendary kings of Britain (Welsh: Brenin y Brythoniaid, Brenin Prydain) derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136...
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    history of Great Britain is known as the Matter of Britain. The Matter of Britain, a national myth, was retold or reinterpreted in works by Gerald of Wales...
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    fictitious list of legendary kings of Britain that remains central to the stories that make up the Matter of Britain.[page needed] Many early rulers of areas within...
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  • Cornish mythology Hebridean mythology and folklore Irish mythology Matter of Britain Matter of England Scottish mythology Welsh mythology See discussion in...
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    "Matter of France" (Charlemagne and Roland, his principal paladin) and the "Matter of Britain" (the lives and deeds of King Arthur and the Knights of the...
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    Sir Ector (category Knights of the Round Table)
    Ectorius, is the father of Kay and the adoptive father of King Arthur in the Matter of Britain. Sometimes portrayed as a king instead of merely a lord, he has...
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    Year Of Black Lives Matter In Britain". Grazia. February 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2021. "Everything you need to know about Black Lives Matter UK"....
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    2nd-century king of the Britons traditionally credited with introducing Christianity into Britain. Lucius is first mentioned in a 6th-century version of the Liber...
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    The Matter of Britain stories, focusing on King Arthur, are one of the most popular literary subjects of all time, and have been adapted numerous times...
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    Chivalry (redirect from Code of Chivalry)
    known as the Matter of France, relating to the legendary companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the Matter of Britain, informed...
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