Sometimes described as the Battle of Camlann, King Arthur's last battle is described nowhere as vibrantly and poignantly than in the fourteenth century Alliterative Morte Arthure.

The arming of Sir Gawain in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is testament to the poet's descriptive skill and accuracy. But the ritualistic nature of the arming of Gawain also builds the dramatic tension as our hero faces unknown terrors.

The reputation of King Arthur and the Round Table takes a great knock in the fourteenth century masterpiece Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This article discusses how the Gawain-poet's critique of Arthur also applies to kings and kingship.

William of Palerne (The Romance of William and the Werewolf) is seen as one of the earliest works of the so-called Alliterative Revival of the fourteenth century and with links to Langland - but what is its real history and significance?

The poems of the Alliterative Revival may date from the fourteenth century but their content has much to tell us about the need for good government today - and how to avoid the tyranny of terrible leaders we are starting to see.

An explanation of how the challenges in translating a fourteenth Middle English text into modern English are overcome.

An explanation of the translation approach undertaken to create the first ever alliterative edition of William of Palerne in modern English.

How a fourteenth-century alliterative romance has come alive once more, richly illustrated with linocut prints.

I have been working for some time on a new translation of William of Palerne , which Madden in the nineteenth century called the “romance of William and the Werewolf ”. It is a fascinating story in that it translates a long French romance into a shorter, alliterative telling. William , and a number of other poems from this period form part of a canon of works written in the alliterative style, as opposed to stanzaic tail-end rhymes. This group of romances is now defined as fo

This article shows the process involved in researching and printing a four colour linocut print of King Arthur and Excalibur. The image will

A new translation of the epic fourteenth century story of King Arthur's Death by Michael Smith will feature over 32 stunning linocut ill