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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... Geoffrey locates the birth at Tintagel , as he par- ticularly likes to give substance to his fictions by locating them in real places , such as Bath for the Battle of Badon or the river Camel in Cornwall or Caerleon . The Avalon that he ...
... Geoffrey locates the birth at Tintagel , as he par- ticularly likes to give substance to his fictions by locating them in real places , such as Bath for the Battle of Badon or the river Camel in Cornwall or Caerleon . The Avalon that he ...
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... Geoffrey wrote . But , for the idea of an embroilment in the affairs of Gaul and the western Empire , Wales supplies nothing . - Must we admit that this is indeed an exception , that Geoffrey raises the King to his height of glory with ...
... Geoffrey wrote . But , for the idea of an embroilment in the affairs of Gaul and the western Empire , Wales supplies nothing . - Must we admit that this is indeed an exception , that Geoffrey raises the King to his height of glory with ...
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... Geoffrey read about somewhere , and may have remembered imperfectly , is Simplicius.8 Simplicius's pontificate lasted from 468 to 483. Thus he was pope in the Leo- " Lucius " years . Geoffrey could have picked him up from the same ...
... Geoffrey read about somewhere , and may have remembered imperfectly , is Simplicius.8 Simplicius's pontificate lasted from 468 to 483. Thus he was pope in the Leo- " Lucius " years . Geoffrey could have picked him up from the same ...
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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