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Genre/Form: | History Arthurian romances Sources Folklore |
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Named Person: | Arthur, King.; Arthur, King.; Artus, Fiktive Gestalt; Arthur, King.; Artus. |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
N J Higham |
ISBN: | 0415213053 9780415213059 9780203994023 0203994027 |
OCLC Number: | 48550961 |
Description: | xi, 303 pages : illustrations, 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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Abstract:
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.
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'Nicholas Higham has made a valuable contribution to the case of seeing Arthur as a mythical construct rather than a historical reality.' - History'This thought-provoking volume is worth reading' - Guy Halsall, THES 'Higham's survey is an admirably measured and wide-ranging contribution.' - Ecclesiastical History 'This thought-provoking volume is worth reading' - Guy Halsall, THES 'Higham's survey is an admirably measured and wide-ranging contribution.' - Ecclesiastical History Read more...
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- Arthur, -- King.
- Great Britain -- History -- To 1066 -- Historiography.
- Britons -- Kings and rulers -- Folklore.
- Mythology, Celtic -- Great Britain.
- Historiography -- Great Britain.
- Arthurian romances -- Sources.
- Britons -- Historiography.
- Mythology, British.
- Mythologie celtique -- Grande-Bretagne.
- Cycle d'Arthur -- Sources.
- Mythologie britannique.
- Great Britain.
- Historiography.
- Mythology, Celtic.
- Artus -- Fiktive Gestalt
- Geschichtsschreibung
- England
- Koning Arthur.
- Mythevorming.
- Geschiedschrijving.
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- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Folklore.
- Artus.
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