Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: The Matter of Britain
5. 1. Arthurian Imagination and the "Makyng" of History 21
6. 2. Arthurian Futurism and British Destiny 51
7. Part II: Romancing the Throne
8. 3. Disavowing Romance: Colonial Loss and Stones of the Past 77
9. 4. "In Contrayez Straunge": Sovereign Rivals, Fantasies of Gender, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 107
10. 5. Dangerous Liaisons: Disloyalty, Adultery, and the Tragedy of Romance 137
11. Part III. Insular Losses
12. 6. Military Intimacies: The Pleasures and Pains of Conquest 161
13. 7. "Necessary" Losses: Royal Death and English Remembrance 192
14. Afterword: Lost Books 227
15. Notes 231
16. Bibliography 265
17. Index 281
18. Acknowledgments 287