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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... Britons or demi - Britons or Britons - by - marriage . After the island's separation from the Empire , his story moves through sev- eral decades to an Arthurian climax . He tells how an unscrupulous noble called Vortigern usurped the ...
... Britons or demi - Britons or Britons - by - marriage . After the island's separation from the Empire , his story moves through sev- eral decades to an Arthurian climax . He tells how an unscrupulous noble called Vortigern usurped the ...
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... Britons " crossed to Gaul , bringing , according to Jordanes , 12,000 troops . One reason why his action has been overlooked or minimized by historians has been a notion that he was merely a chief of Bretons , that is , Britons who had ...
... Britons " crossed to Gaul , bringing , according to Jordanes , 12,000 troops . One reason why his action has been overlooked or minimized by historians has been a notion that he was merely a chief of Bretons , that is , Britons who had ...
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... Britons may have played a part . But treachery was undermining him . Arvandus , Gaul's imperial prefect , approached the Visigoths with a proposal for them to crush the British army , then stationed on the Loire's north bank , and share ...
... Britons may have played a part . But treachery was undermining him . Arvandus , Gaul's imperial prefect , approached the Visigoths with a proposal for them to crush the British army , then stationed on the Loire's north bank , and share ...
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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