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I. Arthur in French Romance: Richard White, ed., King Arthur in Legend and History, sec. 3, 4

A. The Mutating Arthurs
From great war leader king to duplicitous craven: Yder, pp. 243-7

B. The Pejorating Kays
From loyal companion to poisonous seneschal: Guillaume le Clerc, Fergus, pp. 248-9
Cf. Chrétien's Yvain

C. The Problematic Episodes

1. The Chastity Tests:
a. The Magic Horn: Robert Biket, "The Lai of the Horn," pp. 211-17
b. The Magic Mantle: Raoul de Houdenc, My Lord Gawain, pp. 226-30
c. Misogynism, p. 230; cf. SGGK

2. The Deformed Body and the Depraved/Deprived Soul:
Raoul de Houdenc , p. 230; cf. Chrétien, Yvain

3. Arthur's Demand for an Adventure before Eating

a. Raoul de Houdenc, pp. 221-22,
b. The Story of Merlin, p. 272.

4. Mimetic Rivalry
Raoul de Houdenc, Meraugis de Portlesguez," pp. 234-39
Cf. Chrétien's Yvain

II. "King Arthur Country and Southern England," video 1984, ZVC 6994.

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