King Arthur

The Chronicles

These are histories written by authors in Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages who mention Arthur.

Bede Historical Works: Baedae Opera Historica; Books I-III: Volume 1 of chronicles by the Venerable Bede.
Bede Opera Historica: Books 4 and 5 (Loeb Classical Library, 248): Volume 2 of chronicles by the Venerable Bede.
Ecclesiastical History of the English People With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthberts Letter on the Death of Bede (Penguin Classic): The Penguin edition of Bede's History; affordable and in one volume!
The Ecclesiastical History of the English People/the Greater Chronicle/Bede's Letter to Egbert (The World's Classics): Another edition of Bede's History and his references to Arthur.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain: Lewis Thorpe's excellent translation of one of the most frequently cited medieval texts that tells the story of Arthur.
The Prophetia Merlini of Geoffrey of Monmouth: A Fifteenth-Century English Commentary (Speculum Anniversary Monographs ; 8): Geoffrey's Vita Merlini is currently out of print, but here is a medieval commentary on the work. Hardcover.
Gildas, De Excidio Britanniae: Although this work doesn't mention Arthur, it does cover the period of the historic Arthur and a few other familiar names from the legends are present.
The De Excidio of Gildas: Its Authenticity and Date (Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition) (Hardcover): Sullivan's translation of Gildas's work.
Nennius, History of the Britons: Brief passages in this work mention Arthur.
Brut or Hystoria Brutonum: If you are a collector, this one's for you. A marvelous edition of Layamon's Brut.
Arthurian Chronicles (Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching, 35): Eugene Mason writes the introduction for this superb version of the chronicles by Wace and Layamon.
The Life of King Arthur: An affordable translation that contains the works of Wace and Layamon.

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