Cabrera Alemán, Ailed2024-05-202024-05-202021-06-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/13375The literary development of the Arthurian legend can be observed in three authors’ work, which set the foundation for future retellings of the legend: Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae; Chrétien de Troyes’s Lancelot, le Chevalier de la Charrette, and Perceval ou le Conte du Graal; and Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur. An analysis of these works’ most influential and notable additions to the legend reveals how each author adapted the Arthurian legend to their unique style and worldview.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessThe Rise of a Legend: An Overview of the Arthurian Literary Developmentbachelor thesisKing ArthurArthurian romancescourtly lovechivalryknights