Format:
Online-Ressource (313 p)
ISBN:
9780415213059
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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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
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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
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The fall of King ArthurConclusion; VI. Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203994023
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415213059
Additional Edition:
Print version King Arthur : Myth-Making and History
Language:
English
Keywords:
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