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Everyone has heard of King Arthur, but 90% of medieval chivalry and heroism manuscripts have been lost

Posted: 17 Feb 2022 11:13 AM PST

New research finds that, while the Knights of the Round Table have won global fame, most medieval heroic or chivalric stories in English have been lost. Meanwhile, more than three quarters of medieval stories in Icelandic and Irish survive to the present, in an unusual pattern suggesting island 'ecosystems' helped preserve culture.