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| Named Person: | Arthur, King.; Arthur, King; Artus. |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
N J Higham |
| ISBN: | 0415213053 9780415213059 9780203994023 0203994027 |
| OCLC Number: | 48550961 |
| Description: | xi, 303 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | A King out of Time: Arthur in the twentieth century -- Arthur comes of age -- Arthur in the spotlight -- The Genesis of Arthur -- Being 'British': The political and ideological context -- Alternative ideologues and British authority -- Prototype Arthurs -- Bears and gods -- 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 purpose -- Britons, 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 -- The Pillar of Eliseg -- Text in Context: The Annales Cambriae c. 954 -- England, Wales and the Vikings -- Heroic poetry -- Y Gododdin -- Asser -- The Armes Prydein -- The Annales Cambriae -- 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 Arthur -- Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur. |
| Responsibility: | N.J. Higham. |
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- Arthur, -- King.
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- Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Folklore.
- Mythology, Celtic -- Great Britain.
- Historiography -- Great Britain.
- Arthurian romances -- Sources.
- Britons -- Historiography.
- Mythology, British.
- Arthur, -- King -- Legends -- History and criticism.
- Koning Arthur.
- Mythevorming.
- Geschiedschrijving.
- Kronieken (geschiedenis)
- Artus.
- Geschichtsschreibung.
- England.

