King Arthur
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King Arthur
Explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different accounts of King Arthur. This study explains and discusses some central points of debate: what role was Arthur intended to perform in the political and cultural worlds that constructed him and how did the idea of King Arthur evolve.
King Arthur In Legend and History
Presenting selections from medieval Latin, Welsh, English, French and German literature, Richard White traces the Arthurian legend from the earliest mentions of Arthur in Latin chronicles to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Many of these selections are translated here for the time into English. Bringing together an extensive range of diverse material which reveals the development of the figure of Arthur, this anthology enables the reader to understand how the Arthurian legend developed over a period of more than five hundred years. King Arthur in Legend and History also includes a chronology of key Arthurian texts, an appendix of the Arthurian Courts, a list of sources, suggestions for further reading and bibliography. Also inlcludes five maps.
The Landscape of King Arthur
THE CLOSE PARTNERSHIP OF WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER HAS RESULTED IN THIS FASCINATING APPROACH TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF LEGENDS. ADVANCES IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE REAPPRAISAL OF DOCUMENTS HAS OPENED UP NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR ALL WHO GO IN QUEST OF ITS RICH MYTHOLOGY AND FOR THE MILLIONS OF READERS OF MODERN FICTION BASED ON THIS. HERE IS A PERSONAL SURVEY OF THE CHIEF LOCATIONS, RECALLING THE STORIES AND DESCRIBING THE PLACES, COMBINED WITH THE EVOCATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY - INCLUDING A SELECTION OF UNIQUE AERIAL VIEWS - BY SIMON MCBRIDE
