Acknowledgments
Note on translations
Introduction: Latin Arthurian narrative and the Angevin court
1. 'The Anger of Saturn shall fall': Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britannie and the limits of history
2. 'This is that Arthur': chronicle responses to Arthur
3. 'Are you the only uncivilized knight produced by sweet Britain?': Arthurian episodes and knightly conduct
4. 'Understanding the thing as it is': De Ortu Waluuanii and the challenge of interpretation
5. 'Dies fantastica': the Historia Meriadoci and the adventure of the text
6. 'When I have done you will be little the wiser': Arthur and Gorlagon, Vita Merlini, and parody
Conclusion
'A wise man may enjoy leisure': the place of Latin Arthurian literature
List of works cited
Index.
