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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... century . - King Arthur fared only marginally better than Merlin when 18th - century chapbook and ballad writers used his name . " Good King Arthur's " pretensions to a noble court and heroic deeds along with most of the chivalric ...
... century . - King Arthur fared only marginally better than Merlin when 18th - century chapbook and ballad writers used his name . " Good King Arthur's " pretensions to a noble court and heroic deeds along with most of the chivalric ...
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... century Arthur had be- gun defending his own island of Britain , asserting his royal right to reign and marry the fair Emmeline - 19th - century Arthur would be quite unsure about his realm and right , and he would marry a Guinevere ...
... century Arthur had be- gun defending his own island of Britain , asserting his royal right to reign and marry the fair Emmeline - 19th - century Arthur would be quite unsure about his realm and right , and he would marry a Guinevere ...
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... century plate armour ; we know who was king then . Nor is there any doubt about the succession after the 8th century ; the roster of the Saxon kings of what is now England , though perhaps not on the lips of every schoolchild - as is ...
... century plate armour ; we know who was king then . Nor is there any doubt about the succession after the 8th century ; the roster of the Saxon kings of what is now England , though perhaps not on the lips of every schoolchild - as is ...
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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