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King Arthur : Myth-Making and History

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2005

Online-Ressource (313 p)

Englisch

Front Cover; King Arthur; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. A King out of Time: Arthur in the twentieth century; Arthur comes of age; Arthur in the spotlight; Conclusion; II. The Genesis of Arthur; Being 'British': The political and ideological context; Alternative ideologues and British authority; Prototype Arthurs; Bears and gods; Conclusion; III.Contested Histories: Anglo-Saxons and Britons c. 730-830; Bede and the Britons; Welsh-Mercian interactions; Reclaiming the past: Writing British history in the early ninth century

The Historia Brittonum: Authorship and purposeBritons, Trojans and Romans; Vortigern and the adventus Saxonum; St Patrick and Arthur; Arthur and the Old Testament; Arthur's battles; The image of Arthur; The English historical framework; Conclusions; The Pillar of Eliseg; IV. Text in Context: The Annales Cambriae c. 954; England, Wales and the Vikings; Heroic poetry; Y Gododdin; Asser; The Armes Prydein; The Annales Cambriae; Conclusions; V. The Rise and Fall of the 'Historical' Arthur; The Arthurian legend to c. 1100; Arthur as cultural icon; Arthur as royal cult; Arthur in question

The fall of King ArthurConclusion; VI. Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur; Bibliography; Index

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Print version: King Arthur : Myth-Making and History

Rezensiert in: King Arthur. Myth-making and history. By N. J. Higham. Pp. xi+303 incl. 39 figs. London–New York: Routledge, 2002. £25. 0 415 21305 3 / Richard Barber, 2004

978-0-415-21305-9

978-0-415-21305-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

978-0-203-99402-3 ( : 114.3 (NL))

DA152.5.A7H53 2002eb ; DA152.5.A7

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This highly original study provides an essential insight into why the Arthurian myth has caught the imagination of so many people. Fascinating reading for anyone interested in the origins and evolution of the Arthurian legend