Britain in the Age of Arthur
Britain in the Age of Arthur King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Ilkka Syvanne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by…
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Britain in the Age of Arthur
King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Ilkka Syvanne'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. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention?
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. 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). Arthur's military career is set in the context of the
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