As time went on, the old pagan and Celtic features of King Arthur's story were buried under new layers of myth. Some versions claimed that Arthur was descended from Aeneas*, the legendary founder of Rome. This detail connected British mythology with that of ancient Greece and Rome. As Brita...
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As the “King Arthur” press kit notes: “Historically, we know nothing of Arthur’s beliefs, other than that he was probably a Christian. The fact that he is represented as a Pelagian in the movie is wholly in keeping with his character. As someone devoted to the preservation of individu...
King Arthur and the Myth of History 作者:Finke, Laurie A.; Shichtman, Martin B.; 出版年:2009-4 页数:288 定价:$ 33.84 ISBN:9780813034157 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: 写笔记 写书评 加入购书单 分享到 + 加入购书单
I understand those who feel that way for this is indeed a take on the king Arthur legendarium that differences it from the myth and facts from the history. However as a motion-picture the tale of King Arthur directed by Antoine Fuqua is a movie that has it all, and will continue to ...
Then again, the legend of King Arthur may just be a myth - but if so, it's a good one. * Originally published in September 1998.
"King Arthur and the Myth of History considers why, in the 12th century, tales of a 6th-century British king who achieved immortality in an apparently hopeless struggle to repel Saxon invaders, suddenly emerged full blown, virtually from nowhere. Further, why did this figure from the margins ...
Manuscripts retelling the Arthur myth became so common that they were often discarded and recycled, and not only as pie-wrapping paper. One winter morning I visit the rare-book room at Bristol’s Central Library with Leah Tether, the University of Bristol medievalist. A library staff member br...
The Winter Kingadapts the well-regardedWarlord Chroniclesnovel trilogy by Bernard Cornwell, which attempted to ground the Arthur myth in some historical fact. Iain De Caestecker's Arthur is the banished son of King Uther (Eddie Marsan) who returns to find a divided Britain set to be conquered ...
An Arthur for all seasons Arthur was said to have been handed his sword, Excalibur, by the mysterious deity, the Lady of the Lake. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images For Stoyle, it’s likely that the myth of Arthur has at least its roots in fact. ...