The Vitality of the Arthurian Legend: A SymposiumMette Pors Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 16-17 November 1987. |
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... Arthur By GRAHAM D. CAIE , University of Copenhagen X hat place is there to which the winged praise of Arthur has not extended ? Who is there that does not speak of Arthur of Britain ? " asks the Prior of Tewkesbury in 1170 , and ...
... Arthur By GRAHAM D. CAIE , University of Copenhagen X hat place is there to which the winged praise of Arthur has not extended ? Who is there that does not speak of Arthur of Britain ? " asks the Prior of Tewkesbury in 1170 , and ...
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... Arthur complete . Arthur's name is linked , if shakily , with the historical battle of Badon , and also with the " strife of Camlann " said to have occurred twenty - one years afterwards . In Geoffrey's hands they become battles at Bath ...
... Arthur complete . Arthur's name is linked , if shakily , with the historical battle of Badon , and also with the " strife of Camlann " said to have occurred twenty - one years afterwards . In Geoffrey's hands they become battles at Bath ...
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... Arthur himself , the contradictory impulses present in chivalry from the beginning . Kay , as the false Arthur , usurps Arthur's role as husband and protector in Knight of the Cart , and in Perceval stands in Arthur's place as ...
... Arthur himself , the contradictory impulses present in chivalry from the beginning . Kay , as the false Arthur , usurps Arthur's role as husband and protector in Knight of the Cart , and in Perceval stands in Arthur's place as ...
Contents
An Introduction to the Story of Arthur | 13 |
The Historical Origins of the Arthurian Legend | 25 |
Recent Progress | 45 |
Copyright | |
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