The noble history of the Sangreal, and of the most renowned Christian king… King Arthur.

This line is associated with the framing language of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, where Malory presents his compilation/retelling of Arthurian material as a “noble history” centered on the Holy Grail (the “Sangreal”) and on Arthur as the preeminent Christian king. Malory wrote the work in the late 15th century, drawing on French and English romances and shaping them into a continuous English prose narrative. The phrasing reflects the book’s self-advertising, quasi-chronicle posture: it signals to readers that what follows will treat both the spiritual quest of the Grail and the worldly career of Arthur as exemplary, morally freighted history rather than mere entertainment.

The phrase links two poles of Malory’s Arthurian world: the transcendent ideal of the Grail quest (“Sangreal”) and the political-martial ideal embodied by Arthur as “the most renowned Christian king.” By calling the material a “noble history,” Malory elevates romance into something like moral record, inviting readers to treat chivalric deeds and spiritual striving as instructive. The coupling also hints at the work’s central tension: Arthur’s court achieves unmatched worldly splendor, yet the Grail demands purity that many knights—and ultimately the realm itself—cannot sustain. The line thus functions as a programmatic statement of scope and values for the narrative that follows.