The Age of Arthur: The successor states
Author | : John Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780850332902 |
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Author | : John Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780850332902 |
Author | : John Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Britons |
ISBN | : 9780850332902 |
The Age of Arthur: Volume 2: The Successor States
Author | : Ilkka Syvänne |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2020-02-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473895227 |
“[The] well known historian . . . attempts to find the elusive King Arthur through a study of the military of the period following the Fall of Rome.” —Firetrench King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka Syvänne’s study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by starting with the assumption that Arthur existed and that Geoffrey of Monmouth’s account has preserved details of his career that are based on real events. He then interprets these by using “common sense” and the perspective of a specialist in late Roman military history to form a probable picture of what really happened during the period (roughly AD 400-550). This approach allows the author to test the entire literary evidence for the existence of Arthur to see if the supposed events of his career match what is known of the events of the period, the conclusion being that in general they do. Arthur’s military career is set in the context of the wider military history of Britain and Europe in this period and along the way describes the nature of armies and warfare of the period. “Anything about Arthur is worth a read in my opinion, and this is a great addition to the growing body of work on the mythical King.” —Books Monthly
Author | : Guy Halsall |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2013-02-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191632716 |
King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied. And in more recent times, there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to have discovered the 'facts' about, or to unlock the secret or truth behind, the 'once and future king'. Broadly speaking, there are two Arthurs. On the one hand is the traditional 'historical' Arthur, waging a doomed struggle to save Roman civilization against the relentless Anglo-Saxon tide during the darkest years of the Dark Ages. On the other is the Arthur of myth and legend - accompanied by a host of equally legendary people, places, and stories: Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad and Gawain, Merlin, Excalibur, the Lady in the Lake, the Sword in the Stone, Camelot, the Round Table. The big problem with all this is that 'King Arthur' might well never have existed. And if he did exist, it is next to impossible to say anything at all about him. As this challenging new look at the Arthur legend makes clear, all books claiming to reveal 'the truth' behind King Arthur can safely be ignored. Not only the 'red herrings' in the abundant pseudo-historical accounts, even the 'historical' Arthur is largely a figment of the imagination: the evidence that we have - whether written or archaeological - is simply incapable of telling us anything detailed about the Britain in which he is supposed to have lived, fought, and died. The truth, as Guy Halsall reveals in this fascinating investigation, is both radically different - and also a good deal more intriguing.
Author | : John Morris |
Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Total Pages | : 665 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Britons |
ISBN | : 9780297813750 |
The classic work on the Arthurian era and its fundamental role in the birth of Britain today.
Author | : International Arthurian Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Arthurian romances |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Britons |
ISBN | : 9780850332896 |
The Age of Arthur: Volume 1: Roman Britain and the Empire of Arthur
Author | : David Nicolle |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1984-03-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780850455489 |
The Arthurian Age; the Celtic Twilight; the Dark Ages; the Birth of England; these are the powerfully romantic names often given to one of the most confused yet vital periods in British history. It is an era upon which rival Celtic and English nationalisms frequently fought. It was also a period of settlement, and of the sword. This absorbing volume by David Nicolle transports us to an England shrouded in mystery and beset by savage conflict, a land which played host to one of the most enduring figures of our history – Arthur.
Author | : Beverly Taylor |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0859911365 |
The revival of interest in Arthurian legend in the 19th century was a remarkable phenomenon, apparently at odds with the spirit of the age. Tennyson was widely criticised for his choice of a medieval topic; yet The Idylls of the Kingwere accepted as the national epic, and a flood of lesser works was inspired by them, on both sides of the Atlantic. Elisabeth Brewer and Beverly Taylor survey the course of Arthurian literature from 1800 to the present day, and give an account of all the major English and American contributions. Some of the works are well-known, but there are also a host of names which will be new to most readers, and some surprises, such as J. Comyns Carr's King Arthur, rightly ignored as a text, but a piece oftheatrical history, for Sir Henry Irving played King Arthur, Ellen Terry was Guinevere, Arthur Sullivan wrote the music, and Burne-Jones designed the sets. The Arthurian works of the Pre-Raphaelites are discussed at length, as are the poemsof Edward Arlington Robinson, John Masefield and Charles Williams. Other writers have used the legends as part of a wider cultural consciousness: The Waste Land, David Jones's In Parenthesis and The Anathemata, and the echoes ofTristan and Iseult in Finnigan's Wake are discussed in this context. Novels on Arthurian themes are given their due place, from the satirical scenes of Thomas Love Peacock's The Misfortunes of Elphin and Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court to T.H. White's serio-comic The Once and Future King and the many recent novelists who have turned away from the chivalric Arthur to depict him as a Dark Age ruler. The Return of King Arthurincludes a bibliography of British and American creative writing relating to the Arthurian legends from 1800 to the present day.