1. A king out of time : Arthur in the twentieth century -- 2. The genesis of Arthur -- 3. Contested histories : Anglo-Saxons and Britons c. 730-830 -- 4. Text in context : The Annales Cambriae c. 954 -- 5. The rise and fall of the 'historical' Arthur -- 6. Postscript : the rhetorical Arthur
Summary
This seminal new study explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different accounts of this well-loved figure. N.J Higham offers an in-depth examintaion of the first two Arthurian texts: the History of the Britons and the Welsh Annals. He argues that historians have often been more influenced by what the idea of Arthur means in their present context than by such primary sourcesKing Arthur: Myth-making and History illuminates and discusses some central points of debate:* What role was
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-295) and index
