Most of the themes and motifs in Libeaus Desconus are drawn from a common stock of medieval Arthurian material.

Relatively straightforward adaptations of the legends, reconstructed history, or modern Arthurian material.

These are written in rhyming couplets, and again draw on French models such as Chrétien de Troyes, many of them relating Arthurian material.

However, comparison with the Life shows that Arthurian material had been added to the saint's story at an early period.

This Arthurian material, as used by Chretien, is fundamentally immoral as judged by Christian standards.

It is aside from the Arthurian material, and there is no clue to its place in the evolution of Chretien's art, if indeed it be his work.

Although these examples use medieval and Arthurian materials, romances may also tell stories from classical mythology.

I suppose it came from my work with the Arthurian materials.

It is set in Wales and incorporates Welsh folklore as well as Arthurian material.

Robert's translations at Haakon's commission speak to the king's role in spreading French and Arthurian material throughout Scandinavia.