Evolution of the Tale
The language that the first written account of the King Arthur legend appeared.
What is Latin?
Helm
What is a medieval helmet?
Merlin first tells King Uther that there is something below the foundation of the castle and if they dig, they will find this.
What is a pool of water?
He wrote that King Arthur was a king at 15.
Who is Geoffrey of Monmouth?
This is the reason the 13th seat of the Round Table remains empty.
What is it is the seat of Judas, the traitor.
He printed the first King Arthur tale, Le Morte d'Arthur.
Who is William Caxton?
Avilion
Where does King Arthur rest after death?
Secondly, Merlin tells the king that if they drain the pool, they will find this.
What is two dragons fighting?
He wrote the first account of King Arthur.
Who is Nennius?
This is the name given to the 5th century when the King Arthur legend supposedly took place.
What is the Middle Ages?
The reason Geoffrey of Monmouth included the legend of King Arthur in his History of England.
Excalibur
What is King Arthur's sword?
According to Merlin, the White Dragon symbolizes this.
What is England under King Arthur's rule?
He gave the legend a modern view.
Who is T. H. White?
The French word from which the English get the word "chivalry" means this.
What is "horse" soldier?
He added the Round Table.
Who is Wace?
Idyll
What is a poem which is characterized by its rural setting?
What is Stonehenge?
He changed the King Arthur legend in to a blank verse poem.
Who is Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
After the break up of King Arthur and Guinevere, she spends the rest of her life here.
What is a nunnery?
He was a prisoner knight who retold the French tale in English.
Who is Sir Thomas Mallory?
Necromancer
What is a wizard or magician; another name for Merlin?
When Uther Pendragon wants to take Igerna as his wife, Merlin gives him help in exchange for this.
What is his first-born child?
Who is Geoffrey of Monmouth?
According to the legend, the Round Table could accommodate this many knights.
What is as few as 13 and as many as 1600?