Arthuriana 6: The Death of the King

Long cold open this time, actual episode starts around 18 mins in.Luke and Eleanor close our their series on the Medieval Arthurian canon in style, covering the rest of the post-Galfridian era to the end of the Middle Ages. finally, at long last, we get the real connective tissue in place to link all these disparate stories and narratives together into a cohesive canon that can be understood to modern people. it's no longer just one-off stories about Arthur or his buddies but an interlaced narrative (reminiscent of Tolkien) that weaves everything together from Arthur's birth to his death. we start with the Vulgate and Post-Vulgate cycles, which are two collections of French short stories from the 13th century that begin to tie the tales and themes of the round table knights together. then we get to the last part of the Medieval canon: the Mort d'Arthur. this is the big reboot that ties everything together, adds some new characters and twists and sets up the Arthur that we will eventually know in the present day.