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It became very popular during the Middle Ages, during which times it was thoroughly reworked into [[Chivalric Romance]] and the Knights of the Round Table became heroic [[Knight Errant|Knights Errant]]. Even French writers, despite patriotic liking for the Matter of France, agreed that the King Arthur tales were the best ones of [[Courtly Love]]. (Also, since nobles and kings claimed to be related to Charlemagne, tales about King Arthur could be used by the French king's competitors, such as the Plantagenets, to whom many of the early epic works were dedicated.)
The themes of [[Courtly Love]] and later, the Holy Grail, caused writers to invent entirely new characters to introduce them. The version best known today is ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', the work of Sir [[Le Morte d'Arthur|Thomas Malory]], based on earlier material by Geoffrey of Monmouth and other [[Fanfic|literary predecessors]], including multiple layers of [[Retcon|retcons]] and [[Crossover|crossovers]].
This version incorporates many originally separate stories about the Knights of the Round Table, and other legends such as ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight|Gawaine and the Green Knight]]'', [[Courtly Love]], and the myth of the Holy Grail.
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