ISBN:
0203583035
,
9780203583036
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 208 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version King Arthur in antiquity
DDC:
398.20942
Keywords:
Arthur Arthur
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To 1066
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Arthur
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Arthur
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Tales History and criticism
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Greece
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Britons Legends
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Kings and rulers
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Arthurian romances Sources
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Legends Greece
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Britons Legends Kings and rulers
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Arthurian romances Sources
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Legends
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Tales History and criticism
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Arthurian romances Sources
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Legends
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Britons Legends Kings and rulers
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Tales History and criticism
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Britons
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Arthurian romances
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Legends
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Tales
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Arthur
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Britons ; Kings and rulers
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Civilization ; Greek influences
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Legends
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Sources
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Great Britain Civilization
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Greek influences
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Great Britain Legends
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History
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To 1066
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Great Britain
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Greece
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Great Britain Legends History To 1066
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Great Britain Civilization
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Greek influences
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Great Britain Legends History To 1066
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Great Britain Civilization
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Greek influences
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Greece
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Great Britain
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Electronic books
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Electronic books History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Legends
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Sources
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Quelle
Abstract:
Although King Arthur's identity is so frequently debated, he is almost always set somewhere in the Celtic Britain of the Early Christian Era. This original and wide-ranging study argues that the roots of the Arthur legend are to be found in classical antiquity and that the traditional British Arthur is a much later imitation. Graham Anderson examines hitherto neglected evidence for two much older figures, known to classical writers as early kings of Arcadia and Lydia, who supposedly flourished more than a millennium earlier than traditional accounts suggest. He outlines the correspondence betw
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. - Print version record
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