- 316 pages
- English
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About this book
This seminal new study explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different accounts of this well-loved figure.
N. J Higham offers an in-depth examintaion of the first two Arthurian texts: the History of the Britons and the Welsh Annals. He argues that historians have often been more influenced by what the idea of Arthur means in their present context than by such primary sources
King Arthur: Myth-making and History illuminates and discusses some central points of debate:
* What role was Arthur intended to perform in the political and cultural worlds that constructed him?
* How did the idea of King Arthur evolve?
* What did the myth of Arthur mean to both authors and their audiences?
King Arthur: Myth-making and History is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the origins and evolution of the Arthurian legend.
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Index
Adam of Domerham 230
Adamnan, bishop 61, 76, 211
Aedan, king of Dalriadan Scots 76
Æthelbald, king of the Mercians 102–103
Æthelflæd, ‘lady of the Mercians’ 174
Æthelræd, ealdorman of the Mercians 174, 186
Æthelræd, king of the Northumbrians 104
Æthelstan, king of England 90, 189–193, 226, 249
Aëtius 10
Alban, St 46, 69, 100
Alcock, L. 27, 271
Alcuin 103, 122
Aldfrith, king of the Northumbrians 202, 204
Alfred of Beverley 224
Alfred, king 36, 122, 171, 186, 245, 247, 254, 261, 265, 270; Life of 185–188
Ambrosius Aurelianus 15, 17, 24, 26, 43, 47, 48, 58, 73, 96, 132, 147, 155–156, 158, 200, 210, 239
Amr (Anir) 89
Anarawd, king of Gwynedd 172, 186
Anglesey 125, 134, 165
Anglicization 65, 68, 73, 95, 110, 112
Anglo-Saxon cemeteries 51, 68, figures 1–3, 7
Anglo-Saxon Christianity 98
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 104, 188–194, 208, 233, 250, 254, 260–261
Anglo-Saxon identity 55, 68, 73 ‘Anglo-Saxonism’ 22, 242–265, 270
Anglo-Saxon settlement 51–56, 68–69, 100, 243, 261
Anna, king of the East Angles 162–163
Annales Cambriae 5, 7, 16, 18, 2...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I. A King out of Time: Arthur in the twentieth century
- II. The Genesis of Arthur
- III. Contested Histories: Anglo-Saxons and Britons c. 730–830
- IV. Text in Context: The Annales Cambriae c. 954
- V. The Rise and Fall of the ‘Historical’ Arthur
- VI. Postscript: The Rhetorical Arthur
- Bibliography
- Index