Historical Timeline for the Matter of Britain
54 BCE
43 CE
410
Julius Caesar Invades Britain; Repulsed.
Romans, under Emperor Claudius, Conquer Britain.
Roman Troops Withdrawn from Britain
496
537
Battle of Badon Hill. Ambrosius Aurelianus / Arthur Defeats the Saxons.
Battle of Camlann. Arthur and Medraut / Mordred Slay One Another.
[Annales Cambriae]
Gildas, De Excidio Britanniae.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum.
Nennius, Historia Brittonum.
Viking Invasions of Britain and Ireland by Norwegians and Danes
Danish Conquest of England Under King Cnut
540
731
820
900-1000
1015
1066
1138
1154-89
1155
1157-65
1167-1169
1169-71
1170
1173-74
1176
1177
1180
1189-99
1190
1199-1216
1200
1206
1210
1215
1220
1230
1240
1250
Norman Conquest of England Under William the Conqueror
Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae.
Reign of Henry II, King of England, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine,
Count of Anjou and Maine.
Wace, Roman de Brut.
Henry II Launches Four Different Invasions of Wales.
Henry II Launches Three Successive Invasions of Brittany.
English Invasion of Ireland.
Chrétien de Troyes, Erec et Énide.
Revolt against Henry II: William the Lion, King of Scotland, defeated.
Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès.
Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier de la Charrette (Lancelot).
Chrétien de Troyes, Le Chevalier au Lion (Yvain).
Reign of Richard the Lion-Hearted.
Chrétien de Troyes, Le Conte du Graal (Perceval).
Reign of John (Lackland).
Perceval First Continuation.
John Loses French Possessions to Phillip II, King of France
Perceval Second Continuation.
Robert de Boron, L’Estoire du Graal, Joseph d’Arimathée, Merlin, Perceval. Perlesvaus. Magna Carta.
Perceval Third Continuation. (Manessier); The “Vulgate Cycle.”
The Prose Lancelot.
Perceval Fourth Continuation. (Gerbert de Montreuil)
The Quest for the Holy Grail.
The Knight of the Sword.
The History of the Holy Grail.
The Perilous Graveyard.